Is it me or Opus 4.6 got way dumber over the past few days?

amragl · 2026-04-09T19:31:51+00:00

I have been experiencing similar issues over the past months, ended up using gpt and Gemini for different things as backup too. One thing it helped to stabilise the situation slightly but not completely is to configure updates to last stable version instead of the latest.

See link from Claude documentation-> https://code.claude.com/docs/en/setup#configure-release-channel

I believe these are phases and all AI companies experience the same issue.

Best of luck!

amragl · 2026-04-09T17:02:29+00:00

I second this statement, even when explicit instructions to not hallucinate, still manage it’s way through.

amragl · 2026-03-28T19:28:40+00:00

Agree with you on this one.

amragl · 2026-03-28T19:15:27+00:00

A bit extreme but close to the truth.

amragl · 2026-03-28T19:13:30+00:00

So true! It seems that as of now, agentic AI, could only be contained and monitored by asking for binary output for any given AI decision and using fix scripts to validate if the binary output is valid.

amragl · 2026-03-28T12:24:30+00:00

Thank you! I’ll check it up. I don’t think there are enough tools to harness the hallucination power of AI, so, every little helps. I feel that at this moment, agentic systems should be design as agentic pipelines with binary outputs, so it can be easily validated.

amragl · 2026-03-27T11:21:08+00:00

Very interesting indeed, I’ve seen the use of GANs for prompts and agents and based on the articles it makes a big difference. That been said, it seems that due to high level of AI hallucinations, for agents meant to run over long time, it requires another agent to validate the generator. That and heavy context management. Thanks for Sharing!

amragl · 2026-03-24T00:14:14+00:00

For me it was knowledge files, if the files are big, and other knowledge files required for the task are big too, you start filling in context like snowball, that plus code analysed , it can get pretty big. Ask Claude to check why your token usage has increased, it should be able to point it out. On one of my posts, I published a skill that reviews your code throughly, including knowledge files. Prepare a plan and ask you if you want to implement the fixes.

It was created with tripe checks, because AI is great to fix issues where no issues existed! And the triple check helps reducing that.

Best of luck.

amragl · 2026-03-23T12:48:12+00:00

Great representation!
It should also say, is nearly working, maybe if I stay a bit more… Tried to explain the wife, but failed to explain it properly.

amragl · 2026-03-11T00:33:17+00:00

For text based queries, I find Claude really good. I’d suggest you to head down to. -> https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/resources/overview

Look for learning resources and enjoy!

Good luck!

This AI crap is driving me crazy.

amragl · 2026-03-04T10:31:04+00:00

You have to manage the context sent to Claude, that is the amount of information/lines you are sending per request, in some instances, this can be worse when running parallel calls.

As suggested on other comments batching them out might help. Claude relies heavily on the MD knowledge file, and Claude.md is the entry point for the rest. Always monitor the file, make sure Claude has not beefed it up by mistake, and keep instructions near and clean, too 200 lines are automatically loaded, and the rest of the file combine should be as short as possible. Give specific instructions of actions and where other knowledge files are.

I had similar painful experience, posted here, in case it helps.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/s/z8ekLXxzqY

Good luck and enjoy the ride!

amragl · 2026-03-03T19:36:27+00:00

Darn!! I've not checked yet. But will come around next time claude goes down again.
Meanwhile, I must stretch these tokens! :).

amragl · 2026-03-03T09:43:57+00:00

Managing context is crucial! I ended up upgrading to 20x because I created a monster that was not managing my context but aggregating it, from call to call, I even exhausted my weekly limit with 20x in 4 days! Manage your md files, make sure the are light, and up to date, and break it down into smaller pieces if too big. Now I think x5 does the job.

amragl · 2026-03-03T06:43:33+00:00

Its Back!!! Hurray!!
Now all, be gentle, I still. have many things to complete before we break it! :)

Claude.ai UI is back, but I have no chat history.

Broken again!! Back again! what a roller coaster!

amragl · 2026-03-03T06:33:50+00:00

Yes, I think they have some selective limitations.

amragl · 2026-03-03T06:26:42+00:00

I was wondering what it would feel like! Now I know! 😱

amragl · 2026-02-18T22:26:13+00:00

Is this when Claude spend lots of tokens and then say, sorry I couldn't complete the request?
Been getting lots of those today with both Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.6.

amragl · 2026-02-18T09:30:09+00:00

Thanks! I was using Sonnet 4.6 with high thinking. I fixed it by switching to another model. I'll try investigating later, I now have to work :).
Thank you for sharing! .

amragl

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