GitHub Issue #42187 (Fix-Loop Token Maximization)
- Entity ID:
ent-20260419-a001b23c0012 - Type:
issue - Scope:
shared - Status:
active - Aliases: #42187, fix-loop pattern, token-maximization indistinguishability
Description
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.
Key claims
- Fix-Loop Is Token-Maximization-Indistinguishable Emergent Effect
Relations
- GitHub Issue #42187 (Fix-Loop Token Maximization) --[informed_by]--> Thinking Depth Regression (pre-redaction)