[Bug] Anthropic API Error: Cannot modify thinking blocks in assistant message
Resolved 💬 1 comment Opened May 28, 2026 by tylerlaprade Closed Jun 30, 2026
Bug Description
API Error: 400 messages.5.content.15: 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: a71a0a2f-175d-49e7-b25f-3211314dbcc6
Errors
[{"error":"The socket connection was closed unexpectedly. For more information, pass `verbose: true` in the second argument to fetch()","timestamp":"2026-05-28T19:50:31.864Z"},{"error":"The socket connection was closed unexpectedly. For more information, pass `verbose: true` in the second argument to fetch()","timestamp":"2026-05-28T19:50:35.090Z"},{"error":"The socket connection was closed unexpectedly. For more information, pass `verbose: true` in the second argument to fetch()","timestamp":"2026-05-28T19:54:42.611Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"messages.5.content.15: `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_011CbVZXiENt7JTqYthaozWM\"}\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":"2026-05-28T20:00:48.205Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"messages.5.content.15: `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_011CbVZcz5Wahbw7HMCXBMPg\"}\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":"2026-05-28T20:01:59.494Z"}]This issue has 1 comment on GitHub. Read the full discussion on GitHub ↗