[Bug] Anthropic API Error: Cannot Modify Thinking Blocks in Assistant Messages

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened May 28, 2026 by sh4d0w Closed Jun 1, 2026

Bug Description
Bash(echo "shell alive test: $(date +%s)")
⎿  shell alive test: 1779991293
⎿  API Error: 400 messages.45.content.22: thinking or redacted_thinking blocks in the latest assistant message cannot be modified. These blocks must remain as they were in the
original response.

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: ghostty
  • Version: 2.1.154
  • Feedback ID: 7dde2ce1-1e14-4263-933b-f63161c3a1d3

Errors

[{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"messages.45.content.22: `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_011CbVQSUhbfsNk2YhrgnZzZ\"}\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:11:63816)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:51:7694)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-05-28T18:01:37.017Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"messages.45.content.22: `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_011CbVQYG4zxBeysLicALECx\"}\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:11:63816)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:51:7694)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-05-28T18:02:55.858Z"}]

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