[BUG] - API Error: Fable 5.1's safeguards flagged this message (https://www.anthropic.com/legal/aup). Our intentionally broad safeguards allow us to deliver more capabilities faster, but can sometimes flag legitimate coding and cybersecurity tasks.

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Activity 1 comment · opened Oct 13, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

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What Should Happen?

unable to use opus / fable model for agentic tasks. it's give safeguard related restrictions - may be false positive

Error Messages/Logs

API Error: Fable 5.1's safeguards flagged this message (https://www.anthropic.com/legal/aup). Our intentionally broad safeguards allow us to deliver more capabilities faster, but can sometimes flag legitimate coding and cybersecurity tasks. Claude Code can't respond to this message with Fable 5.1

Steps to Reproduce

while working with claude cli tool

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

v2.1.296

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Ubuntu/Debian Linux

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

API Error: Fable 5.1's safeguards flagged this message (https://www.anthropic.com/legal/aup). Our intentionally broad safeguards allow us to deliver more capabilities faster, but can sometimes flag legitimate coding and cybersecurity tasks.

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