AIThe Registerabout 3 hours ago
Claude Code returns blank thinking blocks, but reasoning still costs you
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Anthropic's API returns empty thinking blocks for Claude Opus 4.8 and Sonnet 5 even when summarized display is requested, while full reasoning tokens are still billed. Developer Michael Hood reported the issue, and Anthropic says it is under investigation.
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