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AI Agents • Mar 13, 2026

Amazon Orders 90-Day Code Safety Reset After AI-Assisted Coding Causes Millions of Lost Orders

After a string of outages — one linked to its own AI coding assistant Q — cost Amazon over 7 million lost orders, SVP Dave Treadwell ordered a 90-day reset requiring double peer reviews, VP-level audits, and 'controlled friction' across 335 critical systems.

AI Coding • Mar 13, 2026

Amazon Lost 6.3 Million Orders in a Single Outage. AI-Assisted Coding Was Part of the Problem.

A series of outages hit Amazon's e-commerce platform in early March, including one directly tied to its AI coding assistant Q. The company is now enforcing a 90-day safety reset with mandatory approval gates for 335 critical systems.