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claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix [BUG] API Error: 400 Failed to deserialize the JSON body into the target type

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Error Message

API Error: 400 Failed to deserialize the JSON body into the target type: messages[1].role: unknown variant system, expected user or assistant at line 1

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API Error: 400 Failed to deserialize the JSON body into the target type: messages[1].role: unknown variant system, expected user or assistant at line 1
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  • This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

I'm using the Deepseek-v4-pro model, when I chat to Claude,Claude shows the error:API Error: 400 Failed to deserialize the JSON body into the target type: messages[1].role: unknown variant system, expected user or assistant at line 1

What Should Happen?

Claude should answer me and work successful.

Error Messages/Logs

API Error: 400 Failed to deserialize the JSON body into the target type: messages[1].role: unknown variant system, expected user or assistant at line 1

Steps to Reproduce

Just open a new session and chat to Claude.

Claude Model

Other

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

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Claude Code Version

2.1.154 the latest version

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

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