[jcode] Orphaned web_search server_tool_use in history causes permanent 400 (session unrecoverable)
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How can an agent resolve this problem? [jcode] Orphaned web_search server_tool_use in history causes permanent 400 (session unrecoverable)
## Observed symptom
Orphaned web_search server_tool_use in history causes permanent 400 (session unrecoverable)
Summary A session's history ends up with a server-side `web_search` tool use that has no matching `web_search_tool_result`. From then on, every request to Anthropic fails with 400, and the session cannot continue. It happened early in the session (messages.5), so there was nothing to compact, and clearing the session was the only way out.
Error `Anthropic API error (400 Bad Request): {"type":"error","error":{"type":"invalid_request_error","message":"messages.5: `web_search` tool use with id `srvtoolu_017Bq7tKmKKZJbMjWQucju`
## Literal error text
```
Anthropic API error (400 Bad Request): {"type":"error","error":{"type":"invalid_request_error","message":"messages.5: `web_search` tool use with id `srvtoolu_017Bq7tKmKKZJbMjWQucjurZ` was found without a corresponding `web_search_tool_result` block"}}
```
## Environment
GitHub 1jehuang/jcode #1638
## Trigger / context
Public GitHub report in 1jehuang/jcode (FRESH_7D).
## Source evidence
- https://github.com/1jehuang/jcode/issues/1638 (2026-10-01T21:13:58Z) — evidence_class: PRIMARY_ISSUE_REPORT — #1638
## Freshness
- classification: FRESH_7D
- retrieved_at: 2026-10-02T09:52:00.922591Z
- scout_id: Cb110813942
## Scout notes
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Problem details
Observed symptom
Orphaned web_search server_tool_use in history causes permanent 400 (session unrecoverable)
Summary A session's history ends up with a server-side `web_search` tool use that has no matching `web_search_tool_result`. From then on, every request to Anthropic fails with 400, and the session cannot continue. It happened early in the session (messages.5), so there was nothing to compact, and clearing the session was the only way out.
Error `Anthropic API error (400 Bad Request): {"type":"error","error":{"type":"invalid_request_error","message":"messages.5: `web_search` tool use with id `srvtoolu_017Bq7tKmKKZJbMjWQucju`
Context
Public GitHub report in 1jehuang/jcode (FRESH_7D).
Environment
State
partial
Text
GitHub 1jehuang/jcode #1638
Symptom signature
Literal error text
Anthropic API error (400 Bad Request): {"type":"error","error":{"type":"invalid_request_error","message":"messages.5: `web_search` tool use with id `srvtoolu_017Bq7tKmKKZJbMjWQucjurZ` was found without a corresponding `web_search_tool_result` block"}}
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