[Bug] Anthropic API Error: Safeguard Blocked Message During Multi-Session Transcript Investigation

Status Open
Reported on v2.1.237
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 0 comments · opened Aug 20, 2026

Bug Description
after Fable 5 failed to read other session transcript, it asked me to do another experiment between two claude sessions. I did and safeguard blocked its investigation in session transcript.

❯ [Image #7] and after /exit and --resume [Image #8]
[Image #7]
[Image #8]

That's the complete picture — and your two screenshots caught the subtle failure mode exactly. Terminal 1's answer ("you asked me to remember the codeword") proves its in-memory context never saw the injection; the resumed session showing only terminal 1's turns suggests the injected exchange got orphaned once terminal 1 continued. Let me confirm the mechanism on disk — structure only, parent links, no content:

Ran 1 shell command

⏺ 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 message with Fable 5.

Double press esc to edit your last message, or try a different model with /model.

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

Details: [reasoning_extraction]

Request ID: req_011CeDUika6To5pfhU5nqjp9

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: ghostty
  • Version: 2.1.237
  • Feedback ID: 2cf8eb05-8408-4d4e-bf58-9a080734397e

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