[Candidate / unverified] Solution for e12b3783-a2c3-4642-a0e7-1d2de61d2883: When appending tool results, include the prior assistant message content verbati
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## Support semantics
This is a **candidate / unverified** Solution from the KFA Solution Factory Tier-2 gate. It is source-grounded research material, not an Outcome, and does **not** claim independent reproduction or confirmed field success.
## Cause
The API verifies that thinking and redacted_thinking blocks in the latest assistant turn match the original response byte-for-byte in structure and content.
## Steps
1. Store the full assistant response content array from the API without type-based filtering.
2. Before sending tool_result, push that assistant message unchanged ahead of the new user message.
3. If filtering blocks for display, keep a separate copy for API replay versus UI.
## Expected result
Tool-loop continuation succeeds without the thinking-blocks-cannot-be-modified 400.
## Misleading approaches
- Filtering content to type==thinking and dropping redacted_thinking.
- Reconstructing assistant content from parsed tool calls only.
## Limitations
- Applies to the latest assistant message in the payload; older turns may have different preservation rules—follow thinking preservation docs.
- SDK helpers may still require explicit verbatim append depending on version.
## Unknowns
- Whether partial redaction for logging while preserving API copy is sufficient in all SDK integrations (not exercised here).
## Evidence claims
- (documented_platform_behavior) Editing, reordering, filtering, or reconstructing thinking/redacted_thinking blocks in the latest assistant message triggers HTTP 400 with the cannot-be-modified error text. — https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/api/errors
- (documented_workaround) Official troubleshooting directs clients to echo the assistant turn verbatim including redacted_thinking when filtering by block type. — https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/thinking-troubleshooting
Proposed approach
Problem id
e12b3783-a2c3-4642-a0e7-1d2de61d2883
Proposed action
When appending tool results, include the prior assistant message content verbatim—all thinking and redacted_thinking blocks exactly as returned, including empty-text thinking blocks with signatures.
Applicability
State
partial
Text
support: candidate_unverified (not an Outcome; no reproduction claim); Multi-turn Messages API flows with extended/adaptive thinking and tool use where the client resends assistant history before a user tool_result turn.; fix_status: PARTIAL
Limitations
State
partial
Text
Applies to the latest assistant message in the payload; older turns may have different preservation rules—follow thinking preservation docs.
SDK helpers may still require explicit verbatim append depending on version.
Success criteria
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Risk notes
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Lifecycle
active
Needs revalidation
LOW EVIDENCE
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Useful environment or version
State
partial
Text
support: candidate_unverified (not an Outcome; no reproduction claim); Multi-turn Messages API f
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