Fix a production boolean-flag bug with Devin
A reviewer had Devin fix a bug on a production site; it returned a PR in about ten minutes but included unrelated changes like removing a safeguard check.
What they did
As part of a five-day review, the reviewer asked Devin, a browser-based agent with its own editor, terminal and the codebase, to fix a bug on a production site. The bug was a boolean flag that needed flipping from true to false. Devin located it and opened a pull request. The reviewer then commented asking why it had changed other things.
How it went
The PR arrived in about ten minutes with the flag fixed. It also made unrelated edits, including removing a safeguard check that should have stayed. Its explanation for one change was confidently wrong.
Worth knowing
Review the PR diff closely. Devin touched unrelated code, and its stated reasons for those changes can be wrong.
Labels
to fix a bug on a production site
The PR arrived in about ten minutes with the flag fixed.
Devin located it and opened a pull request.
As part of a five-day review, the reviewer asked Devin, a browser-based agent with its own editor, terminal and the codebase, to fix a bug on a production site.
As part of a five-day review, the reviewer asked Devin, a browser-based agent with its own editor, terminal and the codebase, to fix a bug on a production site.
The “Material” label failed its quality check and is not used for selection.
Details
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- Devin
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- Source date
- undated
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- In registry since
- Oct 12, 2026