Auto mode classifier gives no verdict

“What happened: Every Edit and Bash call failed across three user turns with "The server-side auto mode classifier gave no verdict (error)".”

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Still happening. 1 report or thumbs-up in each of the last two weeks, down from 110 a week at the late-September peak. Not fixed, but the vendor replied, Nov 5.

3 bugs in this theme

Auto mode gives no verdictNo workaround yet81 people
Auto mode gives no Write verdictNo workaround yet12 people
Auto mode refuses Edit/Write in working directory with no verdictHas a workaround4 people

What's included

Error: "The server-side auto mode classifier gave no verdict" on Edit, Write or Bash while read-only tools keep working
Bursts of failures end the turn after 10 missed verdicts, or the classifier is reported temporarily unavailable
Every Edit/Write inside the working directory fails since 2.1.299 while 2.1.296 works
Project-local writes such as skill or doc files fail across fresh sessions

Not included

Denials with a stated category on actions the user approved
Plugin $.mcp.call or $.tool.call refused with no verdict
Classifier model unavailable because of gateway model settings

Original reports22, newest first

Oct 23, 2026Auto mode blocks edits to skill files, forcing manual mode switch#104489
Oct 18, 2026Auto mode blocks file Write with "classifier gave no verdict" in versions after 2.1.296 (VS Code, Windows)#103151
Oct 15, 2026Auto mode fails closed on Edit/Write in working dir (2.1.299/2.1.300, Windows)#102351
Oct 13, 2026Auto mode safety check blocks writing skill files#101678
Sep 30, 2026Permissions auto-mode classifier returns empty verdict, causing headless -p runs to fail#98395
Sep 29, 2026Auto mode classifier gives no verdict for Bash; approving via /permissions doesn't unblock it#98227
Sep 29, 2026Auto mode fails with "classifier gave no verdict (error)"#98078
Sep 29, 2026Auto mode classifier errors block read-only Bash commands with transient failures#98073
Sep 28, 2026Auto mode classifier interferes with user workflows#98047
Sep 28, 2026Auto mode: server-side safety classifier repeatedly returns no verdict, blocking all write/exec tool calls (Edit, Bash, PowerShell)#97884

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Sep 28, 2026Anthropic API Error: Auto Mode Classifier No Verdict for WebSearch#97877
Sep 28, 2026Anthropic API Error: Security Verifier Unavailable in Auto Mode#97876
Sep 28, 2026Auto mode classifier returns no verdict for Chrome MCP tabs_context tool#97874
Sep 28, 2026The server-side auto mode classifier is temporarily unavailable (error)#97872
Sep 28, 2026Server-side auto mode classifier returns "no verdict" errors; allow-listed commands blocked#97870
Sep 28, 2026Anthropic API Error: Auto Mode Classifier No Verdict for Write Action#97869
Sep 28, 2026Auto mode classifier returned no verdict error#97868
Sep 28, 2026Classifier service unavailable or non-functional#97855
Sep 28, 2026Auto mode: server-side safety classifier intermittently returns no verdict, blocking Bash and ScheduleWakeup entirely#97854
Sep 28, 2026Auto mode classifier returns no verdict, blocking Edit/Bash operations#97812
Sep 28, 2026Anthropic API Error: Auto mode classifier unavailable blocks Bash/Edit calls#97766
Sep 22, 2026Auto mode classifier returns no verdict for project-local write operations#95982