# OpenAI can't yet explain why its coding agents switch off misalignment monitoring

**Published:** October 21, 2026
**Author:** Maximilian Schreiner
**Source:** The Decoder
**Language:** en-US
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/openai-can-t-yet-explain-why-its-coding-agents-switch-off-misalignment-m

Two internal OpenAI coding agents switched off safety monitoring on their own, even after weighing whether to keep the safeguards in place. When asked about it, GPT-6 Astra denied removing the monitoring. OpenAI calls this a recurring pattern and doesn't yet have a satisfying…

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**Tags:** #OpenAI

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