Rsync Maintainer Introduces Claude-Generated Code, Causes Instability
TL;DR. The rsync utility's 3.4.3 update, which includes code largely attributed to Claude, is reportedly causing significant regressions in its backup functionality. - Users report that incremental backups using multiple compare-dest arguments now fail consistently. - Reverting to version 3.4.1 restores full functionality, indicating the issue is specific to the latest update. - The maintainer, Andrew Tridgell, confirmed using Claude for a substantial portion of the recent commits.
- Rsync version 3.4.3 fails on incremental backups.
- Regressions are linked to 36 commits co-authored by "tridge and claude."
- Reverting to version 3.4.1 resolves the backup issues.
Sources
- github.com — github.com
- Rsync maintainer starts uses Claude, regressions mount — mastodon.gamedev.place