Opus 5 Max spirals on simple task, burns full usage period; Gemini solves it in 5 seconds
titaniumdoughnut · reddit · 2026-09-10
A Reddit user reports Claude Opus 5 Max suddenly spinning on a trivial request — a simple After Effects JSX script that it used to one-shot. It entered a 15+ minute thought chain second-guessing fringe scenarios and never finished, exhausting the entire usage period; Gemini delivered a working result in 5 seconds. A friend sees the same regression, suggesting a recent model behavior change or deployment issue.
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