Opus 4.7 is unusable. every request blocked by anthropic usage policy

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

“We are unable to complete this request because it was blocked under Anthropic’s Usage Policy.”

Every interaction with opus 4.7 in cursor ide receives this response

Steps to Reproduce

use opus 4.7

Expected Behavior

oh ffs

Operating System

MacOS

Version Information

Version: 3.0.16
VSCode Version: 1.105.1
Commit: 475871d112608994deb2e3065dfb7c6b0baa0c50
Date: 2026-04-09T05:33:51.767Z
Layout: glass
Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 39.8.1
Chromium: 142.0.7444.265
Node.js: 22.22.1
V8: 14.2.231.22-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 25.3.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

opus 4.7

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

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Hey, this isn’t a Cursor bug. The error is coming straight from Anthropic content moderation, and we’re just passing it through as-is. Opus 4.7 has noticeably stricter filters than 4.6, and we’re currently seeing a lot of false positives on legit code, not just for you.

What you can try:

  • Switch to a different model like GPT-5, Gemini 3 Pro, or Sonnet 4.6. It should go through without getting blocked.
  • Remove files from the context that might trigger the filter, like auth, crypto, networking, network protocol parsers, and similar.

@Kira18 this applies to you too. Please save the Request ID in case we escalate it.

We can’t directly change the filter behavior on the Cursor side. That’s Anthropic’s decision. If Opus 4.7 is critical for you, reply with what type of project it is, no details, just the domain, and I’ll pass it along as a false positive signal.