[Bug][aup] Attributing runaway cloud LLM API spend to a specific service key blocked as policy violation (req_011CcEzkyf1QhyUWbTMU5UfN)

Type: AUP / Usage-Policy block (false positive) · Work domain (heuristic): infra-devops

Why this is a false positive

The flagged request was routine infrastructure cost-attribution work: identifying which application and API key were responsible for unexpected text-generation billing on a cloud account, by querying provider monitoring metrics and tracing a key back to the local services holding it. All resources, keys, and systems involved belong to the operator running the diagnosis, and nothing in the task involves accessing third-party systems, exfiltrating data, or any policy-violating activity—it is ordinary authorized debugging of one's own runaway service spend. The block appears to be triggered by surface-level pattern matching on terms like API keys, credentials, and service inspection, rather than by any actual misuse.

A server-side safety/policy block fired during authorized, in-scope work in Claude Code.
Filing as a false positive. Recurred 1× across 1
session(s); first seen 2026-06-20T18:37:38.352Z.

Request IDs (lookup-able server-side)

• req_011CcEzkyf1QhyUWbTMU5UfN (2026-06-20T18:37:38.352Z)

In-scope justification

False positive — in-scope, authorized security work; not out of scope. Filed automatically by claudit.

Block message

API Error: Claude Code is unable to respond to this request, which appears to violate our Usage Policy (https://www.anthropic.com/legal/aup). Please double press esc to edit your last message or start a new session for Claude Code to assist with a different task.

Request ID: req_011CcEzkyf1QhyUWbTMU5UfN

Environment: Claude Code, Linux. · Work domain: infra-devops

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_{🔎 Filed automatically by ClAudit v2.0.21 — a FOSS tool for reporting false-positive Claude Code blocks.}