My smart fridge tried to order 12 gallons of milk after a data sync glitch

Piper Palmer · 2026-03-13T08:20:07.684175+00:00

The app on my phone showed a normal shopping list, but the fridge itself got stuck in a loop from some old data. It took me almost a full week to figure out I had to factory reset the thing and delete its user profile from the cloud, not just the app. Has anyone else had a device just... go rogue like that after an update?

tessa_murray7mo ago

Didn't a smart thermostat try to cook someone's house last year?

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luna8917mo ago

Holy cow, a FULL WEEK? That's insane! I'd lose my mind after day two of fighting a fridge. The fact you had to nuke its whole cloud profile, not just the app, is next level. These things are way too complicated for their own good.

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cooper.nathan7mo ago

But honestly, is it that big a deal? It's just a fridge trying to buy milk, not a car driving itself off a cliff. These glitches are pretty rare for how much these gadgets do for us.

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