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Claude making verbose code comments – ignoring instructions to stop

Posted by nomilk |4 hours ago |3 comments

nomilk 4 hours ago[2 more]

I've noticed anthropic models going overboard on code comments recently (e.g. perhaps the last week or two?). I've noticed it poignantly in my own use of opus 5.0 and opus 4.8. It seems to add 3-6 lines of comments above most method definitions, even where it's totally unnecessary (e.g. where the comment is stating the bleeding obvious).