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  "path": "/t/why-are-simple-prompts-flagged-as-violating-policy/1112694#post_11",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T19:38:40.000Z",
  "site": "https://community.openai.com",
  "tags": [
    "https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/reasoning#advice-on-prompting"
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  "textContent": "Is there any progress on this?\n\nI have been getting this a few times a day since 5.5 released.\n\nIt’s just working and then the work suddenly gets canceled halfway, with \"Invalid prompt: your prompt was flagged as potentially violating our usage policy. Please try again with a different prompt: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/reasoning#advice-on-prompting \"…\n\nThis makes no sense at all. And it’s mostly just coding, so nothing weird there.",
  "title": "Why are simple prompts flagged as violating policy?"
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