When Your Agent Commits a .bak File: Why Fix-Tool Artifacts End Up in Git
Backup files like .bak and .orig slip into commits after an agent runs a --fix tool. Here are the reproduction conditions, the real root cause, and three fixes: narrowing the staged scope, wrapping the fixer, and adding a pre-commit extension gate.
When an Unattended Run Finds Its Working Folder Owned by Someone Else
A schedule that had been green for weeks failed one morning because it could not write .git/config. The cause was ownership drift on a reused working folder. Here is how to tell apart the read-but-not-write trap, probe writability for real, and fall back to a folder you can always write.
The File Is Right There in ls, and Your Agent Still Can't Open It
The agent says the file does not exist. Your terminal says it does. After three days of blaming cloud sync, the answer turned out to be that one voiced consonant mark was never a single character. Detection script and a three-layer gate included.
When Antigravity Reads Cloud-Synced Files as Empty: The Online-Only Placeholder Trap
A file is right there in Finder, yet the Antigravity agent insists it is empty or missing. The culprit is an online-only placeholder created by cloud sync. Here is how to spot it, hydrate the data, and design a workspace that avoids the problem.
When Your MCP Servers Vanish From the Chat App in Antigravity 2.0
After Antigravity 2.0 split into an IDE and a separate chat-style agent app, an MCP server I had set up in the IDE stopped showing up on the chat side. Here is why the settings scopes are separate, and how to fix it by making a single workspace-level source of truth that both apps read.
When an AI Studio App Won't Install on My Phone Because the Signatures Don't Match
You generate a Kotlin/Compose app in AI Studio, push it to a real device over USB, and the install dies with INSTALL_FAILED_UPDATE_INCOMPATIBLE. Here is why a debug-signed build can't overwrite your Play release, and how to test it without losing your production app.
When the Antigravity CLI Stalls on a 401 During Unattended Runs
If your scheduled Antigravity CLI job suddenly stops producing output after a single 401 in the logs, here is how to separate an expired token from a silent re-login prompt and rebuild your unattended setup.
LM Studio Not Starting or Model Won't Load? Fixes for Mac & Windows (2026)
Fix LM Studio startup failures, model loading errors, and unresponsive local API server issues on Mac and Windows with step-by-step solutions and prevention tips.
Fix PyTorch CUDA Errors: torch.cuda.is_available() False & Version Mismatches (2026)
Struggling with PyTorch or CUDA installation errors? This guide covers version mismatches, dependency conflicts, and GPU detection failures with step-by-step solutions.
When an AI Agent's git push Reports Success but Nothing Reaches the Remote
Why agent-automated git pushes fail silently (a missing identity plus a no-op push), with three fixes: explicit config, SHA verification, and the GitHub REST API.
Why Antigravity Agent Edits Fail With 'patch does not apply' and How to Fix It
Why Antigravity agent edits stall with 'patch does not apply' or 'hunk failed', and how to fix it. Focused on the race where the file changes after the agent reads it, with the settings that stop it from recurring.
Fixing self-signed certificate in chain When Antigravity Can't Connect
On networks with a corporate proxy or antivirus TLS inspection, Antigravity may log self-signed certificate in chain or unable to verify the first certificate and fail to reach the model. Here is what causes it and how to fix it.