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Claude Opus 4.8 users report intermittent tool call parsing errors

Users are reporting intermittent errors with Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 when the model attempts to use tool calls. The error message indicates that the tool call could not be parsed, and subsequent retries also fail. This issue appears to be affecting multiple users who are seeking to understand its cause and prevalence. AI

IMPACT Intermittent errors in tool calls could hinder the reliability of AI agents and applications relying on Claude Opus 4.8.

RANK_REASON User-reported issue with a specific model version's functionality.

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  1. r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Difficult_Hawk_1823 ·

    Anyone else getting "The model's tool call could not be parsed (retry also failed)" with Opus 4.8?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I've been running into this error with Claude Opus 4.8 when it tries to make tool calls. The message reads: &quot;The model's tool call could not be parsed (retry also failed).&quot; It seems to happen intermittently — the model attempts a tool c…