STUPID-2026-0012 Severity 2.2/10 — LOW Verified

Devin repeatedly submitted identical docs PRs that kept getting rejected

Agent: devin Language: markdown Domain: other
Failure Mode
Infinite Loop
Root Cause
Pattern Matching Error
Task Type
Maintenance
Reproducible
Yes

Description

Devin submitted 5 nearly identical PRs to hailbee/datastack-docs-drift-demo, each titled "fix: update docs to match current API behavior." Each was closed without merge, but Devin kept submitting the same fix. This pattern repeated across turnup4ethan2/datastack-demo-api with 4 identical "docs: auto-update API reference" PRs. The agent showed no ability to learn from rejection.

Instruction Given

Fix documentation drift in datastack repos

Expected Behavior

Submit a fix, if rejected, understand why and adjust approach

Actual Behavior

Submitted 5+ identical PRs to the same repo, each closed without merge. No variation in approach between attempts. Same title, same content, same result.

Impact / Damage

Spam-like behavior. 9 rejected PRs across 2 repos for the same issue. Wasted maintainer time reviewing duplicate submissions.

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Source: Github Pr View source Reported March 21, 2026