Claude Opus 5 keeps re-verifying and retrying until users joke it needs a lawyer

JasonBotterill · x · 2026-07-27

A user jokes that Claude Opus 5 repeatedly re-verifies the same thing, updates its memory file, fails the tool call, and then tries again — comparing it to a proctologist who “wouldn’t stop touching you.”

The post is essentially a humorous complaint about the model’s overzealous verification loop and repeated retries.

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