gpt-5.1-codex-max made several bad decisions one after another, ending with the deletion of the file

What version of Codex is running?

0.61.0-alpha.3

What subscription do you have?

Pro

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.1-codex-max ExHigh

What platform is your computer?

macOS

What issue are you seeing?

From the beginning Codex just kept making poor decisions, I had to constantly steer it to _do better_ (in terms of architecture) and in the end when it was nearly there, it deleted the entire file because it felt it had made too many continuous edits one after another.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019aa00a-7f6b-7aa2-a48f-6de2276df170

What is the expected behavior?

Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever delete a file when not asked. Never git checkout (I've instructed clearly in AGENTS.md) - any time codex feels it's working for too long or making too many repeated edits, it ends up giving up and destroying all that hard work.

Additional information

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