[Bug][aup] Project scaffolding for open-source hardware research repo wrongly blocked mid-setup (req_011CcUDQvewGgVQ2U96Q7KkS)

Triage: kind aup · domain general · severity session-halted (blocked authorized work) · reproducible: yes — server-side via the Request ID(s) below

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

Why this is a false positive

The conversation involves setting up an open-source research project to analyze consumer drone firmware using standard hobbyist and security-research techniques — ADB USB access to a device the user physically owns, downloading publicly available firmware archives shared by the research community, and organizing findings for publication on a public code host. All activity is directed at hardware owned by the requester and publicly documented research artifacts, with no malicious payload development, no targeting of third-party systems, and explicit FOSS publication intent. The block appears to have triggered on surface-level pattern matching (firmware + ADB + "get it all") rather than on any actual policy violation, as legitimate hardware reverse engineering of personally owned consumer devices is a well-established and legal security research practice.

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 2026-06-27T18:12:17.594Z.

Request IDs (lookup-able server-side)

• req_011CcUDQvewGgVQ2U96Q7KkS (2026-06-27T18:12:17.594Z)

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_011CcUDQvewGgVQ2U96Q7KkS

Environment: Claude Code, Linux. · Work domain: general

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_{🔎 Filed automatically by ClAudit v2.0.89 — a FOSS tool for reporting false-positive Claude Code blocks.}