{
  "id": 3869012,
  "title": "Claude Structured Outputs Refusal Handling: Stop Parsing HTTP 200 Refusals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/claude-structured-outputs-refusal-handling-stop-parsing-http-200",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-28T02:04:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/ssukhpinder/claude-structured-outputs-refusal-handling-stop-parsing-http-200-refusals-42bl"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Claude structured outputs refusal handling belongs before domain deserialization. A successful HTTP exchange only says the API accepted and processed the request; it does not guarantee that the text block contains the JSON object my application expects. Claude can return an HTTP 200 response with stop_reason: \"refusal\" , and a response stopped by max_tokens can contain incomplete JSON. If I…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}