Google DeepMindAnalysisAI AgentsNovember 6, 2026

Google: stale TODO comments derail 13% of coding agent sessions

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Across 913,000+ coding agent sessions, 13% exposed agents to inline TODO(b/...) comments and agents acted on them in 6% of encounters — 83% of those entirely unprompted. Unprompted bug detours added 70% more steps and 77% more tokens per session.

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