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Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 exhibits output and instruction-following issues

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A user on Reddit reported issues with Anthropic's Claude model, specifically version Opus 4.8, experiencing persistent 'working' messages without output. The user noted that Claude previously handled similar tasks successfully but now struggles to follow instructions, even in the Cowork environment, leading to errors like opening multiple files. AI

IMPACT Potential user-facing issues with model reliability and instruction following could impact adoption.

RANK_REASON User-reported issue with a specific model version, not an official release or benchmark.

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Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 exhibits output and instruction-following issues

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  1. r/Anthropic TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Inevitable2727 ·

    Claude just keeps on showing its working but just does not give any output sometimes?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Has it ever happened with you guys that something claude could earlier do and if you return to the same chat/project and ask it to do soemthing similar it just keeps on trying but cannot do it no matter how much time you give it and usage?</p> <p…

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