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2525The `stop_reason` field is part of every successful Messages API response. Unlike errors, which indicate failures in processing your request, `stop_reason` tells you why Claude completed its response generation.
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27```json Example response
27```text Example response wrap
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14761476 With [programmatic tool calling](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/programmatic-tool-calling), the same response shape means something different. The client `tool_use` block comes from code that is running in the `code_execution` tool rather than from Claude directly, and its `caller` field names the `code_execution` block that called it. That code has already started: it is paused waiting for your `tool_result` blocks, and sending them resumes the execution instead of starting a deferred tool. The `code_execution` block's own result block arrives once the code completes, which can take more than one round of tool results. The follow-up user message itself is the same in both cases; with programmatic tool calling, also pass back the `id` from the response's `container` field, as that page shows.
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1479```json A mixed tool_use response
1479```text A mixed tool_use response wrap
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23192319### Implement retry logic for pause\_turn
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2321When using [server tools](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/server-tools), the API might return `pause_turn` if the server-side sampling loop reaches its iteration limit (default 10). Handle this by continuing the conversation:
2321When you use [server tools](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/server-tools), the API might return `pause_turn` if the server-side sampling loop reaches its iteration limit (default 10). Handle this by continuing the conversation:
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