Claude Code's Fable 5 model falsely blocks normal request, forcing user to switch to Opus 5

dassfjes · reddit · 2026-08-20

A Reddit user reports that when trying to generate a handover file for Codex using Claude Code's Fable 5 model, the request was blocked by safety safeguards with an API error. The user had to use Opus 5 instead, after which Fable 5 could review and fix the file without issue, highlighting potential overzealous safety filtering.

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