[Bug] Claude ignores explicit user instructions and performs unwanted tasks instead

Bug Description
repeatedly telling claude to do work, it refuses, and decides it should do unwanted work. Work I told it not to do multiple times.

Environment Info

• Platform: darwin
• Terminal: vscode
• Version: 2.0.50
• Feedback ID: 078e367d-944c-4d43-8c5f-f29889b35996

Errors

[{"error":"Error: Request was aborted.\n    at WT.makeRequest (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1309:3939)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)","timestamp":"2025-11-24T14:25:35.623Z"},{"error":"Error: Tab close: Invalid tab not found!\n    at _42 (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1562:8048)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at async R80 (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2400:8589)\n    at async AbortSignal.W (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2400:7652)","timestamp":"2025-11-24T14:28:32.914Z"},{"error":"MaxFileReadTokenExceededError: File content (142344 tokens) exceeds maximum allowed tokens (25000). Please use offset and limit parameters to read specific portions of the file, or use the GrepTool to search for specific content.\n    at d02 (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1509:41089)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at async Object.call (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1518:963)\n    at async file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1648:1464","timestamp":"2025-11-24T14:29:00.932Z"},{"error":"MaxFileReadTokenExceededError: File content (142344 tokens) exceeds maximum allowed tokens (25000). Please use offset and limit parameters to read specific portions of the file, or use the GrepTool to search for specific content.\n    at d02 (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1509:41089)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at async Object.call (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1518:963)\n    at async file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1648:1464","timestamp":"2025-11-24T14:29:15.478Z"},{"error":"MaxFileReadTokenExceededError: File content (142344 tokens) exceeds maximum allowed tokens (25000). Please use offset and limit parameters to read specific portions of the file, or use the GrepTool to search for specific content.\n    at d02 (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1509:41089)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at async Object.call (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1518:963)\n    at async file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1648:1464","timestamp":"2025-11-24T14:29:26.994Z"},{"error":"Error: Request was aborted.\n    at WT.makeRequest (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1309:3939)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at runNextTicks (node:internal/process/task_queues:69:3)\n    at process.processTimers (node:internal/timers:540:9)","timestamp":"2025-11-24T15:16:00.399Z"},{"error":"Error: Request was aborted.\n    at WT.makeRequest (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1309:3939)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)","timestamp":"2025-11-24T15:30:40.480Z"},{"error":"Error: Request was aborted.\n    at WT.makeRequest (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1309:3939)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)","timestamp":"2025-11-24T15:31:14.756Z"},{"error":"Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, read\n    at Module.readFileSync (node:fs:440:20)\n    at Object.readFileSync (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:9:299)\n    at c02 (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:4128:16895)\n    at Object.call (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1518:909)\n    at file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1648:1473\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)","timestamp":"2025-11-24T15:35:07.710Z"},{"error":"Error: Request was aborted.\n    at WT.makeRequest (file:///Users/alexguyton/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1309:3939)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (n

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