[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"}]This issue has 2 comments on GitHub. Read the full discussion on GitHub ↗