[Bug] Anthropic API Error: Cannot modify thinking blocks in assistant messages
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened May 28, 2026 by gmmeyer Closed Jul 1, 2026
Bug Description
Claude failed while running and basically the whole session was totally broken:
API Error: 400 messages.1.content.17: 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: 6d3dde4a-1708-443c-b7a2-adcbc6261374
Errors
[{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"messages.1.content.17: `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_011CbVdrXbudW2ku75dPykzV\"}\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":"2026-05-28T20:57:30.542Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"messages.1.content.17: `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_011CbVdwjmXs4JbCoWjftLmj\"}\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":"2026-05-28T20:58:41.365Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"messages.1.content.17: `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_011CbVdxgbpBokEznzXb2VXt\"}\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":"2026-05-28T20:58:54.294Z"}]This issue has 3 comments on GitHub. Read the full discussion on GitHub ↗