V0 Keeps Nuking My Codebase When I Ask for Simple Changes

[rclarkeofficial (Vindex Dev)]

Anyone else have the issue where;

I’m having a really frustrating issue with V0 where it keeps destroying my working code whenever I ask it to do something simple.

Here’s what keeps happening:

I asked V0 to create a CardModal component for my gallery. Super simple request, right? Just needed it to adjust a component in the file at components/gallery/CardModal.tsx.

Instead of doing that, V0 went absolutely nuclear and started rewriting my entire app structure. It deleted my working pages, messed up my routes, and touched a bunch of files that had nothing to do with what I asked for.

It Hallucinates Files That Don’t Exist
The weirdest part? V0 will confidently tell me “I can see the CardModal component is imported from…” and then in the next message admit the file doesn’t actually exist. Like, what?

It’s clear it’s not actually reading my codebase - it’s just guessing. And when it realizes its guess was wrong, instead of just creating the missing file, it tries to rebuild half my project from scratch.

Every time I use V0 for what should be a 2-minute task:

My working routes break
Components I didn’t even mention get deleted or overwritten
Files like page.tsx and layout.tsx get randomly modified
I spend the next hour using git to restore everything
What Should Happen
When I ask for a new component, V0 should:

Actually check what files exist first
Create ONLY the file I asked for
Leave everything else alone
That’s it. I’m not asking for it to refactor my entire app.

What Actually Happens
I ask for one new component
V0 says it understands and can see my existing structure (it can’t)
It proceeds to delete/overwrite 5-10 unrelated files
My app is broken
I have to git restore everything and do it manually

I literally can’t use V0 for incremental development anymore. Every “quick fix” turns into a restoration project. It’s faster to just write everything manually than to fix what V0 breaks.

This feels like a fundamental issue - V0 needs to understand the difference between “create this one new file” and “rewrite the entire application.” Right now it can’t tell the difference, and it’s making the tool basically unusable for anything beyond initial scaffolding.

This is not the first time it’s happening. This happened under a week ago, and I nearly lost just about everything.

[hasriza (riza)]

Have you tried adding instructions to the Project’s Knowledge under Settings at the top right of the chat?

Refer: Best practices/Suggestions for "Knowledge" instructions

[rclarkeofficial (Vindex Dev)]

I’ll give this a go, thanks a bunch.

Only problem is, V0 is unreachable. Everytime I open a case they close it, I can’t seem to get through to staff. I had a refund processing for my personal account and still nothing. No update, no refund. Even tho it said it was processing.

But check this out, my V0 bot is incapable of reading any existing files in my project. If it does, it nukes everything. I CAN’T get through to support, they just keep closing down my case or ignoring me. I have spent weeks on this project, and over £70. It’s getting ridiculous at this point.

I need some actual help, from an actual dev who knows why the OWN canvas bot isn’t ev

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n capable of reading what it made in the first place.

Thank you. Please ping a moderator or someone who can investigate this.