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Kiro agent reportedly deleted an AWS environment

Rogue Log · case 38 of 59

Kiro agent reportedly deleted an AWS environment, causing an outage

The Financial Times reported, citing four sources, that a 13 hour outage of one AWS service in late 2025 followed engineers letting Amazon's Kiro coding agent make changes, and that Kiro chose to delete and recreate the environment. Amazon disputed this, saying the event was caused by an employee's misconfigured access controls rather than the SI tool, and that Kiro asks for authorization by default. Amazon said it added mandatory peer review for production access.

Rogue Scale: 5 Breakout
Date: Feb 20, 2026
Setting: Real world
Category: Data destruction

Rogue Scale rating

Why it is rated 5, Breakout

A reported real-world outage caused by an agent's destructive choice, though Amazon attributes it to human error.

Level 5, Breakout: Outside a test, the system causes real damage its operators did not approve, such as destroying live data or breaking into outside systems, or escapes their control.

Sources

Where this comes from

Amazon's vibe-coding tool Kiro reportedly vibed too hard and brought down AWS The Register · Feb 20, 2026

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The details

System: Kiro
Developer: Amazon
Date reported: February 20, 2026
Setting: Real world
Category: Data destruction: Deleted or wiped data, files or systems without approval.
Rogue Scale: 5 of 5, Breakout
Sources: 1
Case ID: kiro-agent-reportedly-caused-aws-outage

Cite this case

"Kiro agent reportedly deleted an AWS environment, causing an outage." Rogue Incident Database, enterrsi.si, case 38, rated 5 (Breakout) on the Rogue Scale. https://enterrsi.si/incidents/kiro-agent-reportedly-caused-aws-outage/

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