Verdicts ignore brevity rule

Despite a memory rule to report only the verdict, answers carried an eight-item numbered evidence list or a roughly 25-line Reject after the user challenged compliance.

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Verdicts padded with evidence despite explicit brevity rule in memory.

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Where: Claude Code CLI
Platforms: macOS
How bad: Breaks a normal workflow.

Related: Ignores instructions and rules

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Original reports2, newest first

Nov 5, 2026Model pads verdicts with step-by-step evidence to pre-empt compliance challenges, knowingly breaking the brevity rule#107554
Nov 5, 2026Model answers an Accept verdict with an evidence dump despite an explicit 1-3 line rule#107517