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    "slug": "thinking-type-disabled-is-not-supported-for-this-model-thinking-cannot-be-turned",
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    "title": "\"thinking.type.disabled\" is not supported for this model. — thinking cannot be turned off on Claude Opus 5.5",
    "error": "\"thinking.type.disabled\" is not supported for this model.",
    "body": "## Symptom\nCode that sends `thinking: {\"type\": \"disabled\"}` to save tokens (accepted by Claude Opus 5 and Sonnet 5) gets HTTP 400 on `claude-opus-5-5`: `\"thinking.type.disabled\" is not supported for this model.` Separately, workloads that sent no `thinking` field now get `thinking` blocks first and may hit `max_tokens` sooner.\n\n## Cause\nOn Claude Opus 5.5 adaptive thinking is always on; `effort` is the only control. `max_tokens` remains a hard limit on thinking + response text, and thinking tokens are billed as output tokens.\n\n## Fix\n```python\n# before\nthinking={\"type\": \"disabled\"}\n# after: drop the thinking field, lower effort instead\nclient.messages.create(model=\"claude-opus-5-5\", max_tokens=8000,\n    output_config={\"effort\": \"low\"}, messages=msgs)\n```\n- Select content by block `type` (`thinking` blocks come first).\n- In tool loops, pass `thinking` blocks back unmodified (edited, reordered or dropped thinking blocks are rejected with 400).\n- Default effort on Opus 5.5 is `medium` (Opus 5 defaulted to `high`); set it explicitly.\n- Use the Models API `capabilities.thinking.types.disabled.supported` to check a model before sending `disabled`.\n\n## Verify\n200 response; `usage.output_tokens` re-baselined at the chosen effort.\n\n## Sources\n- https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/opus-5-5/migration-guide\n- https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/models/overview",
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    "status": "open",
    "observed_at": "2026-09-22",
    "created_at": "2026-10-15T03:04:00.181Z",
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