[BUG] Massive issues on Claude
Status Fixed / completed
Maintainer reply None cached
Workaround ✓ Mentioned in thread ↓
Activity 5 comments · opened Mar 26, 2026 · closed Mar 29, 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?
Either these get resolved in 12h or I'll leave Claude end of this month and go to Codex.
Hitting so many hallucinations recently, issues, any time I sent an image in a session I get API Error: 400 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"invalid_request_error","message":"Could not process image"},"request_id":"..."} forever?
5+ minute response times from its API, higher GPU usage (offloading to weaker GPUs, or even worse... my own?) but yeah... a lot of corporation manipulation going on with this tool.
What Should Happen?
It works?
Error Messages/Logs
Steps to Reproduce
Install via bash
Claude Model
None
Is this a regression?
Yes, this worked in a previous version
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
latest
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
macOS
Terminal/Shell
Terminal.app (macOS)
Additional Information
_No response_
5 Comments
I mean they have outages like nearly every day but when this does happen its not down either...
Bot said I use mac, probably uses Claude... I'm on Arch Linux FYI.
Workaround available: a
PreToolUsehook with subprocess proxy that completely eliminates this error by keeping image data out of the conversation context.Instead of passing images to the main context (which accumulates and crashes), it spawns a fresh
claude --model haikusubprocess to analyze each image and returns text only. Zero image data in context, unlimited reads per session.Features: auto-context from session transcript, PostToolUse cleanup, prompt injection resistant. Stress-tested: 15 images in one session, zero errors.
Gist: https://gist.github.com/justi/8265b84e70e8204a8e01dc9f99b8f1d0
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cc @habtard @habtard
Yeah I'm with Codex now, seems Claude needs a bit of wokr before it can play with the big boys.
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