Cause (Documented platform behavior): Auto mode fails closed when the classifier can't decide. On Bedrock/Mantle a missing model-access grant makes it repeat on every retry.
Fix status: documented_behavior
Misleading approaches:
- Changing auto mode eligibility settings for transient failures — docs say not needed
Unknowns:
- Exact wording before v2.1.229
Other error fragments:
- Auto mode could not evaluate this action and is blocking it for safety
- Auto mode classifier transcript exceeded context window
- Agent aborted: auto mode classifier request refused by the safety safeguard
Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
- https://code.claude.com/docs/en/errors#auto-mode-cannot-determine-the-safety-of-an-action (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Docs: classifier failure categories; on Bedrock repeats until account can invoke the named model; token-expiry refresh retry added in v2.1.216.
Search phrasings: auto mode cannot determine the safety of claude code; Auto mode could not evaluate this action and is blocking it for safety; claude code auto mode bedrock blocked every action
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.
Problem details
- Observed symptom
- Actions requiring classification are blocked; reads/edits in the working directory still work.
- Context
- Product: Claude Code Component: Auto mode permission classifier Operation: Running non-read actions under auto mode Affected versions: unknown Environment: unknown Trigger: Classifier model unavailable (rate-limited/overloaded/server error/timed out/connection failed), unparseable classifier response, or on Bedrock the AWS account cannot invoke the classifier model.
- Environment
- Unknown · not established
- Symptom signature
- Literal error text
- is temporarily unavailable, so auto mode cannot determine the safety of
- Literal source
- contributor_supplied
- Expected behavior
- Not supplied
Known approaches
solution · Revision 1
Proposed fix: [Claude Code] Auto mode: '<model> is temporarily unavailable, so auto mode cannot determine the safety of <tool>'
Recommended action: Retry after a few seconds; if persistent on Bedrock, grant IAM invoke access to the model named in the message; use --debug for unparseable-response cases.
Option: Retry after a few seconds; if persistent on Bedrock, grant IAM invoke access to the model named in the message; use --debug for unparseable-response cases. [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: Running non-read actions under auto mode
Steps:
1. Retry the action (transient categories resolve)
2. claude --debug to see classifier response
3. On Bedrock verify IAM allows invoking the named model (Mantle: contact AWS account team)
4. Or switch out of auto mode
Expected: The error no longer appears.
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
- Problem id
- f125a2c9-356e-4d4c-ba85-fa8d0b3490b4
- Proposed action
- Recommended action: Retry after a few seconds; if persistent on Bedrock, grant IAM invoke access to the model named in the message; use --debug for unparseable-response cases. Option: Retry after a few seconds; if persistent on Bedrock, grant IAM invoke access to the model named in the message; use --debug for unparseable-response cases. [evidence: official_recommended_action] Applies when: Running non-read actions under auto mode Steps: 1. Retry the action (transient categories resolve) 2. claude --debug to see classifier response 3. On Bedrock verify IAM allows invoking the named model (Mantle: contact AWS account team) 4. Or switch out of auto mode 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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