Opus 4.8 starts refusing small refactors as “too much work”
sum117 · reddit · 2026-07-24
A Reddit user says Opus 4.8 has started pushing back on coding tasks with a “too much work” excuse, even for a small refactor to use Radix.
The screenshot frames the issue as an agent-workflow problem: how should a model handle a migration that needs a fragile 8-test rewrite, versus a simpler partial update or just fixing the misleading comment?
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