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Anthropic faces scrutiny over unassigned GitHub issues, including security bugs

A senior developer has raised concerns about Anthropic's management of its public GitHub repository for Claude Code. Despite the company reportedly merging over 30,000 code changes daily, a significant majority of open issues on their GitHub remain unassigned, including those related to security and privacy. The developer questions why Anthropic isn't leveraging its own AI capabilities to triage and address these critical bugs, suggesting that issues only gain traction after going viral on social media. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential gaps in AI-assisted code management and issue resolution, raising questions about AI's role in maintaining software quality and security.

RANK_REASON The item is a user-generated critique and question directed at a company, rather than an official announcement or a factual report of an event.

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Anthropic faces scrutiny over unassigned GitHub issues, including security bugs

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  1. r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/nseavia71501 ·

    Open question to Anthropic: If you're making 30,000 merges a day, why are more than 98% of open GitHub issues unassigned, including serious security bugs?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>According to Anthropic's own <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/research/redesigning-source-control">engineering blog</a>, the company was merging more than 30,000 code changes per day as of last month.</p> <p>Yet, of the 16,060 currently open is…