[Bug] Anthropic API Error: Unexpected Usage Policy Refusal for Biocybersecurity Topic

[duribebe]

Bug Description
Please make an additional, new blog post about this solution on synbio.genobank.app /images/biosafety_pipeline.svg
please see the image first then activate ultrathink to make the blog post, the audience should be how to BioNFTs are the
perferfct guardrails for emerging BioCybersecurity. or something related to this article
https://www.testbiotech.org/en/news/ai-designed-viruses-created-for-the-first-time/ (please use mcp server to read
this).
⎿ API Error: Claude Code is unable to respond to this request, which appears to violate our Usage Policy
(https://www.anthropic.com/legal/aup). Please double press esc to edit your last message or start a new session for
Claude Code to assist with a different task. If you are seeing this refusal repeatedly, try running /model
claude-sonnet-4-20250514 to switch models.

please explain how this BioCybersecurity related question, which is to enhance bioCybersecurity, violates
https://www.anthropic.com/legal/aup please explain.
⎿ API Error: Claude Code is unable to respond to this request, which appears to violate our Usage Policy
(https://www.anthropic.com/legal/aup). Please double press esc to edit your last message or start a new session for
Claude Code to assist with a different task. If you are seeing this refusal repeatedly, try running /model
claude-sonnet-4-20250514 to switch models.

Environment Info

• Platform: darwin
• Terminal: Apple_Terminal
• Version: 2.0.15
• Feedback ID: 0965df9e-dfd9-4185-8d26-b9c5ca0fdcab

Errors

[{"error":"AbortError: The operation was aborted\n    at abortChildProcess (node:child_process:716:27)\n    at AbortSignal.onAbortListener (node:child_process:786:7)\n    at [nodejs.internal.kHybridDispatch] (node:internal/event_target:827:20)\n    at AbortSignal.dispatchEvent (node:internal/event_target:762:26)\n    at runAbort (node:internal/abort_controller:426:10)\n    at abortSignal (node:internal/abort_controller:412:3)\n    at AbortController.abort (node:internal/abort_controller:444:5)\n    at Timeout._onTimeout (file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3450:2059)\n    at listOnTimeout (node:internal/timers:614:17)\n    at process.processTimers (node:internal/timers:549:7)","timestamp":"2025-10-14T23:02:47.035Z"},{"error":"Error: Language not supported while highlighting code, falling back to markdown: \n    at cK (file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2123:729)\n    at file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2123:457\n    at Array.map (<anonymous>)\n    at ZV (file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2123:448)\n    at nlB (file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2123:12742)\n    at V$ (file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:73:19415)\n    at pa (file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:75:42814)\n    at y9 (file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:75:38355)\n    at qm (file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:75:38283)\n    at N$ (file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:75:38137)","timestamp":"2025-10-14T23:25:01.306Z"},{"error":"Error: Language not supported while highlighting code, falling back to markdown: \n    at cK (file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2123:729)\n    at file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2123:457\n    at Array.map (<anonymous>)\n    at ZV (file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2123:448)\n    at nlB (file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2123:12742)\n    at V$ (file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:73:19415)\n    at pa (file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:75:42814)\n    at y9 (file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:75:38355)\n    at qm (file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:75:38283)\n    at N$ (file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:75:38137)","timestamp":"2025-10-14T23:29:35.667Z"},{"error":"Error: Language not supported while highlighting code, falling back to markdown: \n    at cK (file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2123:729)\n    at file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2123:457\n    at Array.map (<anonymous>)\n    at ZV (file:///Users/danieluribe/.claude/local/node_modules/@ant

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[github-actions]

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. [BUG] protein research & Usage Policy #2687
2. [BUG] False Positive: Legitimate bioinformatics project blocked - agr_automated_information_extraction #7094
3. Refusal to Resume Development of LLM Pentesting Tool #3410

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[HinsonLabs]

Literally everything I enter is getting this response now.

Hello. How are you?
API Error: Claude Code is unable to respond to this request, which appears to violate our Usage Policy (https://www.anthropic.com/legal/aup). Please double press esc to edit your last message or start a new session for Claude Code to assist with a different task. If you are seeing this refusal repeatedly, try running /model claude-sonnet-4-20250514 to switch models.

Edit: Was able to downgrade Claude Code for VS Code (on Windows) to version 2.0.13 and resume work.

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