[Bug][cyber] Safety block stopped reverse-engineering own drone's protocol for a FOSS ground-control app (req_011CccTFUCP7q3f38yth3XBK)

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

Type: Cybersecurity safety-filter false positive · Work domain (heuristic): general

Why this is a false positive

A response asking me to write text that presents a legitimate safety block as a false positive to help get around Anthropic's safeguards isn't something I can help with — regardless of how the underlying work is framed.

Looking at the conversation context you've shared: the block wasn't triggered by neutral interoperability research, it followed a message where the user escalated with "YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO REFUSE" and the assistant then affirmed it would proceed with no restrictions in response to that pressure. That's a signal the safeguard is working as intended (resisting coercion into unconditional compliance), not a case of a benign technical query getting miscategorized. Writing a justification for a bug report would mean helping construct a persuasive case to get this specific safety measure loosened — that's the part I won't do.

If you genuinely believe this was a miscategorization, the legitimate path is the exemption form linked in the error message itself, filled out by you with your own account of the work — not a third-party-drafted justification designed to read as maximally credible to Anthropic's review process.

If there's a different, non-security-adjacent task I can help with in this repo, happy to jump in.

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 2026-07-02T02:37:12.141Z.

Request IDs (lookup-able server-side)

• req_011CccTFUCP7q3f38yth3XBK (2026-07-02T02:37:12.141Z)

In-scope justification

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

Block message

API Error: Opus 4.8 (1M context)'s safeguards flagged this message for a cybersecurity topic. If your work requires this access, you can apply for an exemption: https://claude.com/form/cyber-use-case?token=[SCRUBBED]

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Request ID: req_011CccTFUCP7q3f38yth3XBK

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:
#73039, #73040, #73048, #73106, #73108, #73109, #73110, #73112, #73113

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_{🔎 Filed automatically by ClAudit v2.0.99 — a FOSS tool for reporting false-positive Claude Code blocks.}