# How we monitor internal coding agents for misalignment

DevFeed: [How we monitor internal coding agents for misalignment](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-we-monitor-internal-coding-agents-for-misalignment-6462.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openai.com/index/how-we-monitor-internal-coding-agents-misalignment>)

Published: 2026-03-19T10:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [OpenAI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openai-news.md>)

Topics: [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>), [ai observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-observability.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [chain-of-thought](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chain-of-thought.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitoring.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [safety](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/safety.md>)

## AI overview

OpenAI describes a monitoring system for internally deployed coding agents that identifies misalignment-relevant behavior in realistic, tool-rich workflows while considering privacy and data security.

## Source excerpt

How OpenAI uses chain-of-thought monitoring to study misalignment in internal coding agents--analyzing real-world deployments to detect risks and strengthen AI safety safeguards.