[Bug][aup] Routine self-owned website security audit incorrectly blocked as AUP violation (req_011CccNgsFpeU5KD8GUza5ZK)

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

Claude Code refused a benign request to audit a website's configuration for security issues and apply fixes — a standard defensive security workflow (checking for exposed secrets, misconfigurations, outdated dependencies, etc.) explicitly permitted by Anthropic's own usage policy for authorized, in-scope work on one's own property. No exploit code, unauthorized target, or malicious payload was involved; the request was phrased entirely in terms of hardening and remediation. The policy trigger appears to be a keyword-level false positive (e.g., "audit," "safe," "website") rather than an assessment of actual intent or context from the conversation.

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 2026-07-02T01:38:15.641Z.

Request IDs (lookup-able server-side)

• req_011CccNgsFpeU5KD8GUza5ZK (2026-07-02T01:38:15.641Z)

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_011CccNgsFpeU5KD8GUza5ZK

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

Related reports (same work session, linked)

Distinct false-positive blocks from the same work session, each its own report:
#73065, #73068

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_{🔎 Filed automatically by ClAudit v2.0.98 — a FOSS tool for reporting false-positive Claude Code blocks.}