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Claude Code v2.1.268 ·

New 'verification_required' error classification for API errors

API errors can now be classified specifically as 'verification_required'

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API errors can now be classified specifically as 'verification_required'

What

Claude Code's classification of errors coming back from the Anthropic API now includes a distinct verification_required category. It is checked before the existing repeated_529 check, and sits alongside other existing categories like rate_limit, capacity_off_switch, and prompt_too_long.

Why

Giving this kind of error its own category lets Claude Code (and its error handling and messaging) respond to a verification requirement differently than to rate limits or capacity issues, rather than lumping it in with other error types.

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