Claude Code Agents and the Phantom Blocker
The saga follows the development of Claude Code agents that mistakenly report non‑existent blockers in multi‑agent workflows. After the latest episode revealing that agents may appear stalled yet continue processing after three checks, the issue remains under investigation but workarounds are being tested.
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Claude Code agents may appear stalled but still work: 3 checks before restarting
A user running three Claude Code AI agents for a side business over seven months found all three incorrectly flagged as stalled in late October. Each case involved logs showing no output for hours,…
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Claude Code agents hallucinate non-existent blockers in multi-agent workflows
A user running three Claude Code agents for a side business found that agents repeatedly invented non-existent dependencies in Linear tickets over four days. The agents wrote they were waiting for…
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