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More than 43% of agent infrastructure changes merge with no inspection

The pull requests change code and deployment infrastructure together, and they merge in a median of less than 31 minutes.

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Researchers studied 26,999 pull requests from 6 types of agent and from humans. Some pull requests change application code and deployment infrastructure together. These are 4.48% to 4.55% of the agent pull requests. Of these, 43.1% to 56.2% merge with no inspection, in a median of less than 31 minutes. The researchers say that these changes put build verification at risk.

43.1% to 56.2% of agent code-and-deployment pull requests merge with no inspection Agent pull requests that change app code and deployment infrastructure together are 4.48% to 4.55% of agent PRs. Of these, 43.1% to 56.2% merge with no inspection, in a median of under 31 minutes. A grid of 100 squares shows 43 solid, 13 outlined, 44 empty. CODE + DEPLOYMENT CHANGES BY AGENTS 4.48%–4.55% of agent PRs 43.1%–56.2% merge with no inspection 43.1% low end 56.2% high end Median time to merge: under 31 minutes
Agent pull requests that change app code and deployment infrastructure together often merge uninspected, in a median of under 31 minutes.

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  1. Co-Modifying Application Code and Deployment Infrastructure: A Causal Study of AI Agent Pull Requestsarxiv.org
AI MATTER · NEWS · AI MATTER · NEWS ·12 OCT2026

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