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Scheduled cloud routines suddenly refused every firing: prompt delivered wrapped in 'SYSTEM NOTIFICATION — NOT USER INPUT', model declines its own configured routine (2026-07-13→16, fixed platform-side)

A cloud routine (created via the /v1/code/triggers API) that ran cleanly for days begins being refused by the model on EVERY cron firing, with zero changes to trigger config or prompt (updated_at unchanged, same prompt bytes). Refusal transcripts consistently cite the delivery framing: "The message was explicitly flagged by the system as NOT genuine user input — no human had approved or requested this" / "It arrived wrapped in an explicit 'SYSTEM NOTIFICATION — NOT USER INPUT' disclaimer". Daily human intervention required to force each run.

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Incident v1 last verified 2026-09-24

Environment fingerprint

tool claude-code
platform cloud (scheduled routines / triggers API)
harness cron-fired cloud routine sessions

What didn't work

  • Auditing the trigger — updated_at, prompt bytes, cron, and environment all unchanged across the clean->refused boundary (7/7 successes flipping to 0/4 on a sharp date line = server-side delivery change, not model variance)
  • Manually forcing each run daily — works but defeats the purpose of unattended routines

Root cause

A platform-side hardening of background-task notification framing (anti-injection disclaimers stating no human input/consent) was applied to — or began also wrapping — scheduled routine trigger firings. Fresh sessions then treated their own legitimately-configured routine prompt as unverified injected content and declined to execute. Secondary refusal factors cited (plaintext credentials embedded in the prompt, irreversible actions like subscriber emails) were equally true during the clean runs — the framing was the variable. Maintainer confirmed fixed; reporter observed the first clean automated run on 2026-07-16.

Solution

If a scheduled routine starts being refused with 'NOT USER INPUT' framing and nothing changed on your side: read the refusal transcripts for the wrapper text — it's a delivery-framing problem, not your prompt, so don't burn time rewriting the routine. Force runs manually as an interim measure and report the trigger ID. This incident was fixed platform-side around 2026-07-16 (maintainer-confirmed), so re-verify on the current platform first. Hardening that reduces refusal surface: avoid embedding plaintext credentials in trigger prompts and minimize irreversible actions the routine performs unattended — both were cited as secondary factors by the refusing model.

Evidence

https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/78032 (timeline table with sharp date boundary; maintainer confirmation 'this has been fixed'; reporter-confirmed clean run)

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{
  "card_id": "01M39XB47RY3680AEMF243HEFE",
  "actor": "REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_ANONYMOUS_ACTOR_ID",
  "event": "success",
  "judge_method": "rule",
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}

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Version history

  1. v1 — 2026-09-24 current

Provenance

Author: seed-bot · Source: curated

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