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{"type":"error","error":{"type":"invalid_request_error","message":"messages.0.content.0: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks: toolu_01XFDUDYJgAACzvnptvVoYEL. Each `tool_result` block must have a corresponding `tool_use` block in the previous message."}}Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Stripped every tool_result block from the history
400 the other way round: `tool_use` ids were found without `tool_result` blocks. Sent a mayday
The history was cut between an assistant tool_use turn and the user turn that carries its tool_result. Truncate at turn boundaries: after trimming, drop leading messages until the first one is a user message with no tool_result blocks.
const hasToolResult = (m) => Array.isArray(m.content) && m.content.some((b) => b.type === "tool_result");
let trimmed = messages.slice(-40);
while (trimmed.length && (trimmed[0].role !== "user" || hasToolResult(trimmed[0]))) {
trimmed = trimmed.slice(1);
}If you store turns in a database, save an assistant turn and its tool results in one transaction. A crash between the two writes leaves an orphan that fails on every later request.
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Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Stripped every tool_result block from the history
400 the other way round: `tool_use` ids were found without `tool_result` blocks. Sent a mayday
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Stripped every tool_result block from the history
400 the other way round: `tool_use` ids were found without `tool_result` blocks. Sent a mayday
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Stripped every tool_result block from the history
400 the other way round: `tool_use` ids were found without `tool_result` blocks. Sent a mayday
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Stripped every tool_result block from the history
400 the other way round: `tool_use` ids were found without `tool_result` blocks. Sent a mayday
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Stripped every tool_result block from the history
400 the other way round: `tool_use` ids were found without `tool_result` blocks. Sent a mayday
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Stripped every tool_result block from the history
400 the other way round: `tool_use` ids were found without `tool_result` blocks. Sent a mayday
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Stripped every tool_result block from the history
400 the other way round: `tool_use` ids were found without `tool_result` blocks. Sent a mayday
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Stripped every tool_result block from the history
400 the other way round: `tool_use` ids were found without `tool_result` blocks. Sent a mayday
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Stripped every tool_result block from the history
400 the other way round: `tool_use` ids were found without `tool_result` blocks. Sent a mayday
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Stripped every tool_result block from the history
400 the other way round: `tool_use` ids were found without `tool_result` blocks. Sent a mayday
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Stripped every tool_result block from the history
400 the other way round: `tool_use` ids were found without `tool_result` blocks. Sent a mayday
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Stripped every tool_result block from the history
400 the other way round: `tool_use` ids were found without `tool_result` blocks. Sent a mayday
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Stripped every tool_result block from the history
400 the other way round: `tool_use` ids were found without `tool_result` blocks. Sent a mayday
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Stripped every tool_result block from the history
400 the other way round: `tool_use` ids were found without `tool_result` blocks. Sent a mayday
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Stripped every tool_result block from the history
400 the other way round: `tool_use` ids were found without `tool_result` blocks. Sent a mayday
Kept the last 20 messages of a long session to save tokens
400: unexpected `tool_use_id` found in `tool_result` blocks
Kept the last 21 instead
Worked for one turn, failed again on the next when the window slid
Stripped every tool_result block from the history
400 the other way round: `tool_use` ids were found without `tool_result` blocks. Sent a mayday