The AI says it fixed it, but it's still broken

You describe the bug. The AI says "Fixed!" It isn't. You ask again. It changes something else, and now a page that worked is broken too. Twenty messages later you're further from working than when you started, and you've burned credits.

This is the most common complaint in every AI-builder community, and it isn't your fault.

Why it happens

• It fixes the symptom, not the cause. "The button doesn't work" can have ten causes. Without the real error, the AI guesses, and each guess changes code.
• It can't see what your customer sees. It reads code and assumes; it doesn't run your live app.
• Every change risks something else. A guess that touches shared code breaks pages you didn't mention.
• "Fixed" means "I changed code", not "I checked it works".

Break the loop

1. Stop and go back. Use your builder's version history to return to the last version that worked. You won't fix a pile of guesses with more guesses.
2. Get the real error. Reproduce the bug with the browser console open (F12 → Console). Copy the first red error.
3. Ask for the cause first, not the fix: "Here is the exact error: [paste]. Explain the cause in two sentences. Don't change any code yet."
4. Then ask for one small change: "Fix only that cause. Don't touch anything else."
5. Check it yourself in the live app, including one page that already worked, before the next request.

When you're done looping

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