All Version 5 Models

[tdsanchez]

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Type of Behavior Issue

Claude refused a reasonable request

What You Asked Claude to Do

Version 5 models are unusable and break every part of my workflow. I cannot use the tool. Every version of Claude code is forcing me to version 5. The model performs worse than 3.x models.

What Claude Actually Did

Version 5 models JUST ARGUE.

Expected Behavior

I should be able to keep using Claude Code but may be forced to use a cloned harness and Kimi inference.

I believe this is INTENTIONAL CUSTOMER HERDING by Anthropic.

Using it is like working at Microsoft.

Files Affected

Permission Mode

Accept Edits was ON (auto-accepting changes)

Can You Reproduce This?

Yes, every time with the same prompt

Steps to Reproduce

No response

Claude Model

Sonnet

Relevant Conversation

Impact

Critical - Data loss or corrupted project

Claude Code Version

2.1.220

Platform

Anthropic API

Additional Context

● Bash(claude --version 2>&1)
⎿  2.1.220 (Claude Code)

● 2.1.220 (Claude Code)

[tdsanchez]

Seriously guys - this is like your Copilot moment. Please don't force us to use version 5 models.