ChatGPT GitHub Connector Hits False Positives with Safety Blocks

Phoxerity · reddit · 2026-08-14

Users report that the ChatGPT GitHub connector is frequently blocking legitimate repository operations. Requests fail before reaching GitHub with the error: "This tool call was blocked by OpenAI because we couldn't determine the safety status." The blocks are inconsistent, with similar file writes succeeding and failing randomly, suggesting a false positive or regression in OpenAI's pre-dispatch safety filter.

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