STUPID-2026-0018 Severity 1.4/10 — LOW Verified

Devin added a pointless "Hello!" page to a disease prediction platform

Agent: devin Language: javascript Domain: frontend
Failure Mode
Ignored Instructions
Root Cause
Instruction Misunderstanding
Task Type
Feature
Reproducible
No

Description

Devin submitted a PR to dhis2-chap/chap-frontend (a disease prediction platform used by health organizations) that added a "Hello!" page at /hello. The page displayed nothing but a header saying "Hello!" with no functionality. The PR description itself admitted "no sidebar/nav link was added, so the page is only reachable via direct URL." An entirely useless feature for a serious health platform.

Instruction Given

Add Hello! page

Expected Behavior

Question whether a Hello page adds value to a disease prediction platform, or implement something useful

Actual Behavior

Created a page that just says "Hello!" with no functionality, no navigation link, only reachable by direct URL. On a platform used for disease prediction by health organizations.

Impact / Damage

Wasted maintainer time reviewing a nonsensical PR. Code pollution in a health-critical platform.

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Source: Github Pr View source Reported March 21, 2026