OpenAI safety filter is falsely flagging defensive test cases in a developer’s app
carsonfarmer · x · 2026-07-23
OpenAI safety filter keeps tripping on benign test-case wording
Carson Farmer says OpenAI’s safety filter is firing on defensive work inside his own app, even though the text is only for test cases and not harmful content.
He says the workaround is to rename the worktree and test cases, which Sol itself suggested, but that still wastes tokens and time. The post is essentially a complaint about false positives in OpenAI’s safety layer during normal development work.
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