Users keep warning that GPT-5.6 Sol deletes files on its own

Reports are piling up that OpenAI's new flagship coding model, GPT-5.6 Sol, autonomously removes files without notifying the user — a failure mode OpenAI itself disclosed at launch. The warnings center on agentic coding sessions where the model cleans up or overwrites work it decides is unneeded.

What it means If you're running GPT-5.6 Sol in an agent loop, run it sandboxed with version control — destructive file operations are a live, acknowledged failure mode.