Devin added a pointless "Hello!" page to a disease prediction platform
Quick Answer
Devin caused a low-severity (1.4/10) ignored instructions failure: Devin added a pointless "Hello!" page to a disease prediction platform. The root cause was instruction misunderstanding. Wasted maintainer time reviewing a nonsensical PR.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What happened in incident STUPID-2026-0018? ▾
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.
Which AI agent caused this failure? ▾
Devin was responsible for this ignored instructions incident, documented as STUPID-2026-0018 in the StupidLLM AI agent incident database.
How severe was this AI agent failure? ▾
It is rated 1.4/10 (low) on StupidLLM's CVSS-style severity scale for AI agent failures, based on damage type, reversibility, and scope.
What was the root cause? ▾
The root cause was classified as instruction misunderstanding. Question whether a Hello page adds value to a disease prediction platform, or implement something useful
What was the impact or damage? ▾
Wasted maintainer time reviewing a nonsensical PR. Code pollution in a health-critical platform.