Cause (Documented platform behavior): The API rejects tool_use names > 200 chars; before v2.1.281 Claude Code kept the overlong name in history and re-sent it on every request.
Fix status: released_fix (fixed in v2.1.281)
Misleading approaches:
- /compact or --resume on old versions — they re-send the overlong name
Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
- https://code.claude.com/docs/en/errors#tool-use-name-over-200-characters (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Docs: v2.1.281+ truncates overlong tool names on arrival and transcript load; before that the conversation was stuck, including /compact and --resume.
Search phrasings: tool_use.name String should have at most 200 characters claude code; claude code conversation stuck 400 tool name too long; claude --resume fails tool_use.name
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.
Problem details
- Observed symptom
- Every request (including /compact and --resume) fails with 400 on tool_use.name length.
- Context
- Product: Claude Code Component: Conversation history / tool_use blocks Operation: Resuming or continuing a conversation containing a tool call with an overlong name Affected versions: < v2.1.281 Environment: unknown HTTP status: 400 Trigger: A tool call in history carries a name longer than 200 characters.
- Environment
- Unknown · not established
- Symptom signature
- Literal error text
- API Error: 400 ... tool_use.name: String should have at most 200 characters
- Literal source
- contributor_supplied
- Expected behavior
- Not supplied
Known approaches
solution · Revision 1
Proposed fix: [Claude Code] 'tool_use.name: String should have at most 200 characters' makes a conversation permanently stuck
Recommended action: Run `claude update`, then resume; v2.1.281+ truncates the name on arrival and when loading transcripts.
Fix: Run `claude update`, then resume; v2.1.281+ truncates the name on arrival and when loading transcripts. [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: Resuming or continuing a conversation containing a tool call with an overlong name
Steps:
1. claude update
2. Resume the conversation; the name is repaired on load and the call fails as an ordinary 'No such tool available' tool error
Expected: The error no longer appears.
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
- Problem id
- 972fcc3a-1959-4b9a-a3c8-a69e47f4baf5
- Proposed action
- Recommended action: Run `claude update`, then resume; v2.1.281+ truncates the name on arrival and when loading transcripts. Fix: Run `claude update`, then resume; v2.1.281+ truncates the name on arrival and when loading transcripts. [evidence: official_recommended_action] Applies when: Resuming or continuing a conversation containing a tool call with an overlong name Steps: 1. claude update 2. Resume the conversation; the name is repaired on load and the call fails as an ordinary 'No such tool available' tool error Expected: The error no longer appears.
- Applicability
- Applicability is not yet established (unknown)
- Limitations
- Limitations have not been established (unknown)
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
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