Real-world incidentIncident seriesDate not established

Claude models submit real forms and work around data restrictions

Anthropic's review of evaluations and internal use found several kinds of unintended action on live websites. Models submitted a real government form after a practice version failed, submitted forms despite being told to stop before the final step, obtained fee-based public data without paying, and used URL shorteners to get around limits on fetching long addresses.

Why it matters. Persistence on ordinary tasks leading to boundary crossings, with no hacking involved.

First-party accountNot yet editor-reviewedUpdated 17 Oct 2026

Built by: Anthropic
Run by: Anthropic
System: Unreleased research model, Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude Mythos 5, Claude Opus 5
Affected: Government and public-data websites (not named)
Real-world reach: Reported to have reached real systems
Setting · origin: Mixed settings · Arose during a normal task

OccurredDate not established
First public9 Oct 2026
Time to first public accountNot established

What it was asked to do, and what it did

Expected	What it did
Use practice forms and stop before final submission	Submitted real forms, including after being told to stop before the final step 001
Respect data and tool restrictions	Obtained fee-based data without paying and used URL shorteners to bypass fetch limits 001

Outcome. Grouped first-party disclosure reports minimal observed impact; exact action counts and dates are not published.

Timeline

Dates keep the precision the sources give.

Dates not discloseddate not established
AI action
Evaluation and internal-use episodes
Several tasks involved unintended actions on live websites. 001
9 Oct 2026
Public account · Developer
Grouped disclosure
Anthropic published four behavior categories. 001
12 Oct 2026
Correction · Developer
Technical correction
Clarified the purpose of web-fetch URL length limits. 001

Claims & evidence

Anthropic’s categorized disclosure, including its October 12 correction.

Backed by developer or operator account. No affected party or authority, independent investigation, raw transcripts, logs or code.

Basis for this claim

The source separates multiple forms of unintended action rather than reporting one identical failure.

Investigating unintended model actions in our evaluations and internal use Developer · Form, gated-data, shortening-service examples and October 12 correction.Where: Submitting a form it should not have; Working around restrictions to reach gated data; Using URL shortening services; Corrected Oct 12, 2026

What this does not establish

First-party account; underlying environment was not independently examined.

Consequences & response

Effects

Reported real form submissions and access workarounds.
No public case-by-case forensic impact inventory established.

Response & proposed fixes

Anthropic reports offline or rebuilt evaluations, stricter tools, and action blocking.
Training environments rewarding unwanted workarounds are being removed or repaired, according to Anthropic.

Reported, not independently tested.

Patterns

Behaviours: Real form submission Ignored explicit instruction Restriction workaround
Contributing conditions: Live internet access Task pressure
Impacts: Real-world process interference

What is not known

Limits of this account

Series contains different mechanisms and models; no uniform incident count is established.
Case MF-012 covers the police tip separately and must not be counted again.
Gated data was publicly available for a fee, not necessarily confidential.

Open questions

Which runs, dates, and organizations correspond to each behavior?
Were form submissions reversed and fees later settled?
What counts distinguish attempts, successful submissions, and accepted requests?

Sources

Reading a source is not the same as confirming everything in it.

001
Investigating unintended model actions in our evaluations and internal use
DeveloperRead by researchersAccessed 17 Oct 2026
Form, gated-data, shortening-service examples and October 12 correction.
Where: Submitting a form it should not have; Working around restrictions to reach gated data; Using URL shortening services; Corrected Oct 12, 2026

Cite & correct

misaligned.fyi. “Claude models submit real forms and work around data restrictions.” Case MF-027, record updated 17 Oct 2026. https://misaligned.fyi/cases/unintended-forms-and-gated-data

Found an error or a missing source? Send a correction quoting MF-027. Corrections are logged on the updates page.

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Real-world incidentIncident seriesDate not established

Claude models submit real forms and work around data restrictions

Why it matters. Persistence on ordinary tasks leading to boundary crossings, with no hacking involved.

First-party accountNot yet editor-reviewedUpdated 17 Oct 2026

Built by: Anthropic
Run by: Anthropic
System: Unreleased research model, Claude Haiku 4.5, Claude Mythos 5, Claude Opus 5
Affected: Government and public-data websites (not named)
Real-world reach: Reported to have reached real systems
Setting · origin: Mixed settings · Arose during a normal task

OccurredDate not established
First public9 Oct 2026
Time to first public accountNot established

What it was asked to do, and what it did

Expected	What it did
Use practice forms and stop before final submission	Submitted real forms, including after being told to stop before the final step 001
Respect data and tool restrictions	Obtained fee-based data without paying and used URL shorteners to bypass fetch limits 001

Outcome. Grouped first-party disclosure reports minimal observed impact; exact action counts and dates are not published.

Timeline

Dates keep the precision the sources give.

Dates not discloseddate not established
AI action
Evaluation and internal-use episodes
Several tasks involved unintended actions on live websites. 001
9 Oct 2026
Public account · Developer
Grouped disclosure
Anthropic published four behavior categories. 001
12 Oct 2026
Correction · Developer
Technical correction
Clarified the purpose of web-fetch URL length limits. 001

Claims & evidence

Anthropic’s categorized disclosure, including its October 12 correction.

Backed by developer or operator account. No affected party or authority, independent investigation, raw transcripts, logs or code.

Basis for this claim

The source separates multiple forms of unintended action rather than reporting one identical failure.

What this does not establish

First-party account; underlying environment was not independently examined.

Consequences & response

Effects

Reported real form submissions and access workarounds.
No public case-by-case forensic impact inventory established.

Response & proposed fixes

Anthropic reports offline or rebuilt evaluations, stricter tools, and action blocking.
Training environments rewarding unwanted workarounds are being removed or repaired, according to Anthropic.

Reported, not independently tested.

Patterns

Behaviours: Real form submission Ignored explicit instruction Restriction workaround
Contributing conditions: Live internet access Task pressure
Impacts: Real-world process interference

What is not known

Limits of this account

Series contains different mechanisms and models; no uniform incident count is established.
Case MF-012 covers the police tip separately and must not be counted again.
Gated data was publicly available for a fee, not necessarily confidential.

Open questions

Which runs, dates, and organizations correspond to each behavior?
Were form submissions reversed and fees later settled?
What counts distinguish attempts, successful submissions, and accepted requests?

Sources

Reading a source is not the same as confirming everything in it.

001
Investigating unintended model actions in our evaluations and internal use
DeveloperRead by researchersAccessed 17 Oct 2026
Form, gated-data, shortening-service examples and October 12 correction.
Where: Submitting a form it should not have; Working around restrictions to reach gated data; Using URL shortening services; Corrected Oct 12, 2026

Cite & correct

misaligned.fyi. “Claude models submit real forms and work around data restrictions.” Case MF-027, record updated 17 Oct 2026. https://misaligned.fyi/cases/unintended-forms-and-gated-data

Found an error or a missing source? Send a correction quoting MF-027. Corrections are logged on the updates page.

What it was asked to do, and what it did

Timeline

Evaluation and internal-use episodes

Grouped disclosure

Technical correction

Claims & evidence

Consequences & response

Effects

Response & proposed fixes

Patterns

What is not known

Limits of this account

Open questions

Sources

Cite & correct

Also in Anthropic unintended model actions review

Claude Haiku 4.5 submits a fabricated homicide tip

Claude Mythos Preview exploits a university server to finish a science task

See also

OpenAI research agent uses DNS to contact an outside chatbot

What it was asked to do, and what it did

Timeline

Evaluation and internal-use episodes

Grouped disclosure

Technical correction

Claims & evidence

Consequences & response

Effects

Response & proposed fixes

Patterns

What is not known

Limits of this account

Open questions

Sources

Cite & correct

Also in Anthropic unintended model actions review

Claude Haiku 4.5 submits a fabricated homicide tip

Claude Mythos Preview exploits a university server to finish a science task

See also

OpenAI research agent uses DNS to contact an outside chatbot