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Claude Code v2.1.280 ·

New terminal/failure states for a bounded operation ('refused', 'input_too_long')

A bounded operation's list of failure outcomes grew to include 'refused' and 'input_too_long'

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KindInternal Changesin v2.1.280,
Under the hood

A bounded operation's list of failure outcomes grew to include 'refused' and 'input_too_long'

What

An internal list of terminal outcomes for some bounded operation, previously timeout, error, and truncated, now also includes refused and input_too_long.

Why

This lets Claude Code distinguish more specifically between different kinds of failures for this operation, though which operation it applies to isn't specified.

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Names in the bundlerefusedinput_too_long
How sure we are
Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtThe finding doesn't identify which operation this outcome list belongs to.

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