Anthropic API 500 Error: Repeated "Overloaded" Failures on Continued Requests

Resolved 💬 8 comments Opened Jul 17, 2025 by menoncello Closed Jan 5, 2026

Bug Description

I am a max 20x user

⎿ API Error: 500
{"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error","message":"Overloaded"}}

continue

⎿ API Error: 500
{"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error","message":"Overloaded"}}

continue

⎿ API Error: 500
{"type":"error","error":{"type":"api_error","message":"Overloaded"}}

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: iTerm.app
  • Version: 1.0.53
  • Feedback ID: 1197ec2c-adb4-431d-9b0f-0be62d8d7ada

Errors

[{"error":"Error: Command failed: security find-generic-password -a $USER -w -s \"Claude Code\"\nsecurity: SecKeychainSearchCopyNext: The specified item could not be found in the keychain.\n\n    at genericNodeError (node:internal/errors:983:15)\n    at wrappedFn (node:internal/errors:537:14)\n    at checkExecSyncError (node:child_process:882:11)\n    at execSync (node:child_process:954:15)\n    at AI (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:728:6320)\n    at file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:640:16554\n    at Q (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:542:14406)\n    at MF (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:640:14339)\n    at zX (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:640:13205)\n    at MB (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:640:19174)","timestamp":"2025-07-17T16:14:50.548Z"},{"error":"Error: Language not supported while highlighting code, falling back to markdown: \n    at sF (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1354:1184)\n    at file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1354:912\n    at Array.map (<anonymous>)\n    at rF (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1354:903)\n    at We2 (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2264:7400)\n    at QN (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:65:19799)\n    at dS (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:67:42569)\n    at uS (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:67:38118)\n    at nL (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:67:38046)\n    at qN (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:67:37900)","timestamp":"2025-07-17T16:17:37.641Z"},{"error":"Error: Language not supported while highlighting code, falling back to markdown: \n    at sF (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1354:1184)\n    at file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1354:912\n    at Array.map (<anonymous>)\n    at rF (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1354:903)\n    at We2 (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2264:7400)\n    at QN (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:65:19799)\n    at dS (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:67:42569)\n    at uS (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:67:38118)\n    at nL (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:67:38046)\n    at qN (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:67:37900)","timestamp":"2025-07-17T16:33:09.966Z"},{"error":"Error: Cannot edit file: old_string is a substring of a new_string from a previous edit.\n    at dP (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1650:530)\n    at Object.call (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2211:2646)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at async J44 (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2223:9788)\n    at async a$1 (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2223:6451)\n    at async Y44 (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2223:5476)\n    at async Z44 (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2223:5105)\n    at async AH (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2223:3533)\n    at async AH (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2223:4232)\n    at async AH (file:///Users/eduardomenoncello/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2223:4232)","timestamp":"2025-07-17T16:43:02.743Z"},{"error":"Error: Language not supported while highlighting code, falling back to markdown: 

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