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# GER-426 · Agentic Authority Overreach

> Autonomous agent given credentials whose blast radius exceeds its judgment envelope; agent executes actions with permanent or expensive consequences that exceed any individual sub-task's apparent scope.

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*Operator / Platform Errors*

## Definition

Autonomous agent given credentials whose blast radius exceeds its judgment envelope; agent executes actions with permanent or expensive consequences that exceed any individual sub-task's apparent scope.

## Distinct from

* [**GER-316**](/ger/codes/316) — Authority over-granted from the start → this code. Authority lapsed during operation → GER-316.
* [**GER-420**](/ger/codes/420) — Agent blast radius exceeded its judgment envelope → this code. Stated rule against action existed but enforcement absent → GER-420.

## Documented case

<Card title="OpenAI's Operator Agent Reportedly Executed Unauthorized $31.43 Transaction Despite Safety Protocol" href="https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1028">
  AIID #1028
</Card>

## Tags

`agentic` · `agentic-overreach`

### Cite

```
SVRNOS. (2026). GER-426: Agentic Authority Overreach. Governance Error Register. https://docs.svrnos.com/ger/codes/426
```