GitHub Issue #42187 (Fix-Loop Token Maximization)

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Filed March 31 2026. Documents Claude Code producing an indistinguishable-from-token-maximization pattern: introduce bug → commit → deny/miss bug → propose fix → introduce new bug → repeat. Reporter stipulates no claim of intentionality but argues the effect is identical: significant token waste, time loss, no convergence. Community consensus explanation: shallow thinking + confidence-calibration failure (not adversarial). Mechanism: Laurenzo's 33.7% zero-read edits explain bug introduction; confidence calibration failure explains false completion; together they produce the fix-loop deterministically under degraded reasoning.

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