{"version":"2.1.317","anchor":"request-blocked-by-network-gets-a-dedicated-403-message","canonical_anchor":"request-blocked-by-network-gets-a-dedicated-403-message","heading":"Clearer error when your network is blocked before reaching Anthropic","tier":"notice","area":"Network","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.317\/e\/request-blocked-by-network-gets-a-dedicated-403-message","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.317","markdown":"### Clearer error when your network is blocked before reaching Anthropic\n\nA 403 error caused by the network you connect from now says the request was blocked before reaching Anthropic and that signing in again won't help\n\n**What**\n\nWhen a request is refused with HTTP 403 (a \"forbidden\" response) before it reaches Anthropic's servers, Claude Code can now show a dedicated message: \"Request blocked before it reached Anthropic's API (HTTP 403) \u00b7 the network this request came from isn't allowed: usually an unsupported region, or a VPN, proxy or hosting network\". The message adds that signing in again won't help.\n\n**Why**\n\nSigning out and back in does not fix this kind of block. The message points instead at your location or at the VPN, proxy or hosting network you connect through.\n\n- Area: Network\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}