[Bug] Anthropic API Error: Cannot modify thinking blocks in assistant message
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Feb 12, 2026 by tdimino Closed Feb 15, 2026
Bug Description
I interrupted Claude Code as it was awaiting agent outputs and got this error: " API Error: 400 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"invalid_request_error","message":"messages.3.content.1: thinking or redacted_thinking
blocks in the latest assistant message cannot be modified. These blocks must remain as they were in the original
response."},"request_id":"req_011CY3NLEWujKLadYEGYjtRS"} " which prevented me from continuing my session
Environment Info
- Platform: darwin
- Terminal: vscode
- Version: 2.1.39
- Feedback ID: 6efd9700-110e-48f7-8fcf-1c48bfaddb95
Errors
[{"error":"Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Users/tomdimino/.claude/remote-settings.json'\n at openSync (unknown)\n at <anonymous> (/$bunfs/root/claude:12:947)\n at B2 (/$bunfs/root/claude:11:49917)\n at readSync (/$bunfs/root/claude:12:875)\n at $2 (/$bunfs/root/claude:6133:113)\n at Q5 (/$bunfs/root/claude:6135:226)\n at S9A (/$bunfs/root/claude:178:8273)\n at s7R (/$bunfs/root/claude:178:8436)\n at ZFD (/$bunfs/root/claude:179:1202)\n at H9T (/$bunfs/root/claude:179:2080)","timestamp":"2026-02-12T02:14:56.149Z"},{"error":"Error: NON-FATAL: Lock acquisition failed for /Users/tomdimino/.local/share/claude/versions/2.1.39 (expected in multi-process scenarios)\n at wVR (/$bunfs/root/claude:3626:2098)\n at DjA (/$bunfs/root/claude:3626:1209)\n at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-02-12T02:14:56.224Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"messages.3.content.1: `thinking` or `redacted_thinking` blocks in the latest assistant message cannot be modified. These blocks must remain as they were in the original response.\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CY3NLEWujKLadYEGYjtRS\"}\n at generate (/$bunfs/root/claude:319:8796)\n at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/claude:358:5435)\n at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-02-12T02:15:07.629Z"}]This issue has 3 comments on GitHub. Read the full discussion on GitHub ↗