[Bug] Claude 5.5 Opus unexpectedly triggering safety blocks on benign inputs

Status Open
Reported on v2.1.283
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 0 comments · opened Sep 27, 2026

Bug Description
my opus 5.5 just start stopping responses because of "safeguard" even when i send a "hi"

Environment Info

  • Platform: linux
  • Terminal: gnome-terminal
  • Version: 2.1.283
  • Feedback ID: d7c40769-e3af-4829-9bcb-70f13611401d

Errors

❯ hi                                                                                                                                                                                          

● Opus 5.5's safeguards stopped the response above · continuing once with that noted

● API Error: Opus 5.5'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 Opus 5.5.

  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/8106465

  Details: `[reasoning_extraction]`

  Request ID: req_011CfTC25qzF6ofQiriCGe5x

  Message ID: msg_011CfTC26EJJ17yaoZhYPVEv

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