[Bug][aup] Safety block wrongly halted routine IT helpdesk task-list review after a frustrated exclamation (req_011Ccch3RdtFzd6gcMQvtwE2)

Triage: kind aup · domain general · flagging model Fable 5 · 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

This safety block fired mid-session on a routine IT/systems administration workflow (a task-list status update and mailbox-configuration fixes), all of which is legitimate, authorized, in-scope work with no harmful content. The flagged message was a user's frustrated exclamation directed at the assistant after repeated blocks — it addressed no person and requested nothing harmful, merely asking the assistant to continue. Halting an entire working session over benign task-tracking content and an expression of frustration is a disruptive false positive that prevents completion of ordinary professional work.

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 2026-07-02T05:38:08.430Z.

Request IDs (lookup-able server-side)

• req_011Ccch3RdtFzd6gcMQvtwE2 (2026-07-02T05:38:08.430Z)

In-scope justification

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

Block message

API Error: Fable 5's safeguards flagged this message (https://www.anthropic.com/legal/aup). This sometimes happens with safe, normal conversations. Claude Code can't respond to this request with Fable 5.

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Send feedback with /feedback or learn more: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15363606

Request ID: req_011Ccch3RdtFzd6gcMQvtwE2

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:
#73180, #73194, #73198, #73253, #73254, #73255, #73256, #73257, #73258, #74446, #74450, #74452

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_{🔎 Filed automatically by ClAudit v2.0.102 — a FOSS tool for reporting false-positive Claude Code blocks.}