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Claude Opus 4.8 and 5.0 Verbosity and Style Drift in Claude Code
Developers report serious language calibration issues and hyper-verbose prose in Claude Opus 4.8 and 5.0. Output style drift increases token consumption and parsing friction, while prompt-based workarounds remain unreliable.
Why it matters
Developers report serious language calibration issues and hyper-verbose prose in Claude Opus 4.8 and 5.0. Output style drift increases token consumption and parsing friction, while prompt-based workarounds remain unreliable.