[Bug] Anthropic API Error: Cannot modify thinking blocks in assistant messages
Open 💬 10 comments Opened May 28, 2026 by officialtaras
Bug Description
API Error: 400 messages.1.content.56: thinking or redacted_thinking blocks in the latest assistant message cannot be modified. These blocks must
remain as they were in the original response
Dup of https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/12311
Environment Info
- Platform: darwin
- Terminal: ghostty
- Version: 2.1.153
- Feedback ID: ac8742c0-36c5-484d-8067-90e42143ddfd
Errors
[{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"messages.1.content.56: `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_011CbUkDBr3ffjhp9ajPrr8k\"}\n at generate (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:11:63764)\n at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:51:7694)\n at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-05-28T09:40:16.218Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"messages.1.content.56: `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_011CbUmqgsfZG65nyj7scwE5\"}\n at generate (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:11:63764)\n at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:51:7694)\n at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-05-28T10:01:38.483Z"}]This issue has 10 comments on GitHub. Read the full discussion on GitHub ↗