Claude Code Hits 402 Payment Required When Fetching X Posts

bytebot · x · 2026-10-06

A developer found that asking Claude Code to read an X post via WebFetch returns 402 Payment Required, since X content fetching sits behind a paywall that a simple fetch can't pay. Options include loading X API credits; the author notes this exposes a missing x402 feature where payments should happen automagically during fetching.

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