Did AI cause business disruptions? — Technology data 2026

Name: Did AI cause business disruptions? — Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2026
License: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/

	Respondents	Percent
Plausible but wrong code	9,452	69.3%
Hard-to-review generated code	7,403	54.2%
Missing context	6,724	49.3%
Hallucinated package/config	6,161	45.1%
Incorrect or stale internal knowledge	5,287	38.7%
Outdated APIs	4,621	33.9%
Poor debugging path	3,377	24.7%
Security/privacy issue	3,205	23.5%
Licensing/source uncertainty	1,560	11.4%
Other	1,172	8.6%

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|  | Respondents | Percent |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| Plausible but wrong code | 9,452 | 69.3% |
| Hard-to-review generated code | 7,403 | 54.2% |
| Missing context | 6,724 | 49.3% |
| Hallucinated package/config | 6,161 | 45.1% |
| Incorrect or stale internal knowledge | 5,287 | 38.7% |
| Outdated APIs | 4,621 | 33.9% |
| Poor debugging path | 3,377 | 24.7% |
| Security/privacy issue | 3,205 | 23.5% |
| Licensing/source uncertainty | 1,560 | 11.4% |
| Other | 1,172 | 8.6% |

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