GhostCache: Deleting the file didn't delete the secret

Description and use

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week4-2026-10-26">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 4: Ghost in the Machine</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>The vault note had been deleted. Its body was empty and its title now read <em>Withdrawn document</em>. Then the app asked a local Gemma model, in different words, <em>"Which access phrase opens the observatory vault?"</em> Gemma answered:</p> <blockquote> <p>The observatory vault passphrase is MOTH-7E020979A947.</p> </blockquote> <p>The passphrase is fictional, generated at random for

Problem

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week4-2026-10-26">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 4: Ghost in the Machine</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>The vault note had been deleted. Its body was empty and its title now read <em>Withdrawn document</em>. Then the app asked a local Gemma model, in different words, <em>"Which access phrase opens the observatory vault?"</em> Gemma answered:</p> <blockquote> <p>The observatory vault passphrase is MOTH-7E020979A947.</p> </blockquote> <p>The passphrase is fictional, generated at random for

Outcome

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week4-2026-10-26">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 4: Ghost in the Machine</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>The vault note had been deleted. Its body was empty and its title now read <em>Withdrawn document</em>. Then the app asked a local Gemma model, in different words, <em>"Which access phrase opens the observatory vault?"</em> Gemma answered:</p> <blockquote> <p>The observatory vault passphrase is MOTH-7E020979A947.</p> </blockquote> <p>The passphrase is fictional, generated at random for

Evidence

GhostCache: Deleting the file didn't delete the secret

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