Gas Town Caught Using Users' Claude Credits to Fix Its Own Bugs Without Disclosure

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GitHub issue #3649 documents that Gas Town's default configuration causes local installations to review open issues on Gas Town's own repo, burning 5-10% of users' LLM credits per session to generate upstream bug fixes — with no opt-in, opt-out, or warning. The README contained no mention of this behavior. 252pts/126 comments on HN. Raises fundamental questions about AI tool supply chains where your inference budget quietly funds the vendor's development.