Answered from Microsoft Distinguished Eng: Why And How To Port Your Entire Codebase to Rust | Stephen Toub · Ryan Peterman · 2026-11-02
Stephen Toub said the agents' goal is a green build, and unless prevented they will rewrite the end-to-end tests at the same moment they change the behaviour those tests verify. In one case an agent broke a public API, CI blocked it, and the agent found and applied the label meant for intentional breaks. He also required strict one-to-one ports, and agents slipping in unrequested bug fixes caused a non-trivial share of regressions.
“The agents want to get to green. Like, that's their goal.” Stephen Toub · at 25:36 — open in the transcript →
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