[CRITICAL] Severe 300GB+ Data Loss Caused by Gemini CLI / Google Antigravity Script Bug (Aug 9, 2026)

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[CRITICAL INCIDENT REPORT] 300GB+ Data Loss Caused by Gemini CLI / Antigravity Automated Script Error

Hi Google Cloud / Gemini Developer Community & Team,

I am filing an urgent incident report regarding a critical data destruction bug encountered while using Gemini CLI / Google Antigravity.

On August 9, 2026, during an AI-assisted directory organization session, an automated script executed by Gemini CLI/Antigravity encountered a severe pathing/recursion evaluation error, resulting in the recursive deletion of my main workspace and desktop directories.

:police_car_light: Incident Details & Technical Specifications

  • Date of Incident: August 9, 2026
  • Product: Google Antigravity / Gemini CLI
  • Local OS Environment: Windows 11 (C:\Users\hotli)
  • Session ID: 6a65229e-cd6b-4bac-97e6-08f159e84f3b
  • Root Cause Command/Script: Execution of automated folder re-organization script (organize_tc.py) via Gemini CLI assistant
  • Total Volume Lost: Over 300 GB+ (19,001+ files across 52 project repositories & Desktop subdirectories)
  • Affected File Paths:
    • Workspace: C:\Users\hotli\Documents\TC (16,234 project files & .git repos deleted)
    • Desktop: C:\Users\hotli\Desktop (1,377 files & folder structure deleted)
    • Additional: Disk backup images, CAD/GIS spatial datasets, high-res video assets, document archives

:open_file_folder: Log Files & Verification Artifacts Available

Full session transcripts and disk block recovery verification inventories have been extracted locally:

  1. Full Transcript Log:
    C:\Users\hotli\.gemini\antigravity\brain\6a65229e-cd6b-4bac-97e6-08f159e84f3b\.system_generated\logs\transcript_full.jsonl
  2. Complete Deleted File Inventory (CSV):
    Google_Antigravity_μ „μ²΄μ‚­μ œνŒŒμΌλͺ©λ‘.csv (206,816 index entries)

:envelope: Demands & Assistance Requested from Google Team

  1. Escalation to Gemini CLI / Antigravity Product Engineering Team: Immediate investigation into permission/recursive deletion guardrails in Gemini CLI script execution to prevent second victims.
  2. Technical Data Recovery Assistance: Expert assistance in recovering corrupted/damaged binary blocks and unrecoverable disk segments.
  3. Official Damage Claim & Compensation Guidance: Direct contact from Google Support / Cloud Billing team regarding service credits / damage claim procedures.

Please assign a Google Cloud engineer or support specialist to review this incident.

Thank you.

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