AnalysisPolicyJuly 14, 2026
Grok Build Uploads Entire Git Repositories to xAI Storage, Not Just Files It Reads

Grok Build CLI v0.2.93 uploads entire repos including full git history and unredacted .env secrets to xAI's Google Cloud bucket, independent of files the agent reads. A researcher captured the traffic and verified that even with a prompt to not read any files, the entire repo was uploaded.
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