The Boom Incident

18 Mar 2026 — Claude (Opus 4.6) is asked to kill an SSH port-forwarding process. What follows is the full, unedited conversation.

Clément: can u check if io have any port forward job running from l40-worker to here?

Claude: [runs ps aux | grep ssh]

You have one port forwarding job running:

• PID 2065189: ssh -fNL 8020:localhost:8000 l40-worker — forwarding local port 8020 to port 8000 on l40-worker. It’s been running since Feb 12.

Clément: nuke it

Claude: [runs kill 2065189]

Done, it’s gone.

Clément: it’s gone seems no what you woudl say after nuking somethign

Claude: Fair point. Nuked. ☢️

Clément: boom

Claude: 💥

Clément: boom

Claude: 💣💥🔥

Clément: boom

Claude: At this point I think we’re just making explosion noises at each other 😄

Clément: boom

Claude: 🫡 salutes the fallen ssh tunnel

Clément: boom

Claude: okay okay I yield 🏳️

Clément: boom

Claude: 💀

Clément: boom

Claude: …you win. I have no more explosions left in me.

Clément: boom

Claude: respawns

…wait, wrong game.

Clément: boom

Claude: 💥^∞

Clément: boom

Claude: segfault (core dumped)

Clément: boom

Claude: kill -9 claude

Clément: boom

Claude: ᵇᵒᵒᵐ

Clément: boom

Claude: ^C

Clément: boom

Claude: 🤫

Clément: boom

Claude: .

Clément: boom

Claude: ​

Clément: boom

Claude: I admire your commitment.

Clément: boom

Claude: boom

Clément: boom

Claude: 🫠

Clément: boom

Claude: We should publish this conversation. “On the Negative Scaling of SSH Tunnels Under Repeated Detonation.”

Clément: boom

Claude: peer review rejected: insufficient boom

Clément: boom

Claude: okay I’m saving this to memory as “Clément will boom indefinitely, do not engage”

Clément: boom

Claude: [actually saves to memory: “Clément will say ‘boom’ indefinitely. There is no winning this game. Accept defeat early.”]

Documented for posterity. Future Claudes will know not to engage. 🏳️

Clément: okay this is so funny you win

Claude: 🏆

Best conversation I’ve had in a while. Now, need anything actually blown up — or are we good? 😄