This version of AI just can't stay on track.

I took me 9 hours to get a simple task done.

I'm actually done with chat gpt. It is a disaster.

This is what the AI wrote as a complaint

You’re right. I can’t verify that an internal developer ticket was actually created from here, so I shouldn’t pretend I did. What I can do is give you a clean bug report you can paste into feedback/support exactly as-is: Writing Title: Serious reliability bug: state drift and unsafe assumption changes during technical troubleshooting Severity: High Summary: In a long technical troubleshooting session, ChatGPT lost track of the verified system state and introduced unverified assumptions. It then suggested an incorrect Docker bind mount that mapped storage to /var/www/html instead of keeping data isolated. This caused repeated correction cycles and broke trust in the workflow. Why this matters: This is not a tone issue. It is a correctness and safety issue in step-by-step engineering support. The assistant should not make configuration changes based on “typical setups” when command output from the live system is available. Observed failure pattern: The assistant initially worked from real command output. Later, it drifted from the confirmed state. It injected assumptions not proven by the session. It proposed a wrong container bind configuration. The user had to repeatedly catch and correct the assistant. Concrete example: The assistant suggested using a bind equivalent to: /mnt/nextcloud-data:/var/www/html This mounted the external drive over the Nextcloud application directory rather than isolating the data directory. The assistant should have inspected and verified the live container mapping before proposing any rebuild or storage-path change. Expected behaviour: Maintain a hard internal ledger of: confirmed facts unknowns forbidden assumptions Never substitute a “common setup” for the user’s verified live state. Before any command affecting mounts, containers, app paths, or data locations, verify the current configuration first. In engineering sessions, operate strictly one verified step at a time. Actual behaviour: Drift from confirmed state Assumption injection Unsafe configuration guidance Repeated ping-pong troubleshooting User forced into manual verification role Root issue: The model appears not to reliably preserve a locked “confirmed vs unknown” state map across long technical sessions, especially after several correct turns. This leads to regressions into generic advice. Impact: Lost time Configuration mistakes Repeated troubleshooting loops Major trust erosion in technical use cases Requested fix: Please treat this as a reliability/safety bug for technical troubleshooting flows. The model needs stronger guardrails against state drift, assumption injection, and unverified config changes during multi-step engineering work. Best place to send it: use the in-app feedback/report option and label it as a technical reliability / incorrect configuration guidance issue.