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The Number of Blocks Before a Stop Hook Gets Overridden
You've set up a Stop hook that blocks the turn from ending until your check passes, intending it as a hard gate on an unattended run.
After how many consecutive blocks does Claude Code override it and let the turn end anyway?
Solution
The correct answer is "8."
Claude Code overrides a Stop hook after 8 consecutive blocks, so it
is a strong gate but not an infinitely enforced one — a run that
genuinely cannot satisfy the check will eventually be allowed to stop
rather than loop forever. That's a meaningful number to know before
relying on a Stop hook as the only safeguard on an unattended run:
it isn't 3, it isn't 20, and it is not, in fact, unoverridable.
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