Frequent attempts to "Update the greeting to be more casual"

[MrHellebusch]

Issue

I get multiple models that will frequently generate a response at the end of a task similar to this one from Grok 3 Mini:

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I understand. Let's proceed with making the greeting more casual in the relevant files. I'll update the greeting from "Hello" to "Hey" in the appropriate places.

Here are the updated files:

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It will then go through every file and attempt to do just that. Searching for the problem found:

aider/coders/wholefile_prompts.py

Which includes the following:

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{final_reminders} Once you understand the request you MUST:

1. Determine if any code changes are needed.

2. Explain any needed changes.

3. If changes are needed, output a copy of each file that needs changes. """

   example_messages = [ dict( role="user", content="Change the greeting to be more casual", ), dict( role="assistant", content="""Ok, I will:

4. Switch the greeting text from "Hello" to "Hey".

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Version and model info

Aider: v0.83.2 Models: Grok 3 Mini, Devstral Small, Gemini 2.5 Pro

[thiswillbeyourgithub]

Noticed the same thing today in 0.86.1 using claude sonnet 4.5 via openrouter. It's a tad worrying I must say.