[Bug] Session crashes when reading large script output; /compact fails to recover

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Dec 28, 2025 by sn4kezzz Closed Dec 28, 2025

Bug Description
when claude waits for the script to finish and reads the output it reads the FULL output which then crashes the session because the output is too long for the context. I can't continue the session afterwards and always have to create a new one. Running /compact doesn't work.

Environment Info

  • Platform: linux
  • Terminal: cursor
  • Version: 2.0.76
  • Feedback ID: ca0ce321-7fde-4b4b-99c5-fd5ee586cf71

Errors

[{"error":"AxiosError: Request failed with status code 401\n    at bx (file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:56:1137)\n    at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:57:9852)\n    at IncomingMessage.emit (node:events:520:35)\n    at IncomingMessage.emit (node:domain:489:12)\n    at endReadableNT (node:internal/streams/readable:1701:12)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:89:21)\n    at fzA.request (file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:59:2130)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:103:5)\n    at async UT2 (file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1845:3609)","timestamp":"2025-12-28T11:55:21.539Z"},{"error":"AxiosError: Request failed with status code 401\n    at bx (file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:56:1137)\n    at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:57:9852)\n    at IncomingMessage.emit (node:events:520:35)\n    at IncomingMessage.emit (node:domain:489:12)\n    at endReadableNT (node:internal/streams/readable:1701:12)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:89:21)\n    at fzA.request (file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:59:2130)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:103:5)\n    at async L17 (file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2614:9071)\n    at async file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2614:9964","timestamp":"2025-12-28T11:55:21.918Z"},{"error":"Error: Request was aborted.\n    at _0A._createMessage (file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:514:3157)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:103:5)","timestamp":"2025-12-28T12:21:20.002Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"prompt is too long: 201468 tokens > 200000 maximum\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CWZ7cMAtKgTepAx98dHok\"}\n    at F9.generate (file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:510:11051)\n    at OT.makeStatusError (file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:857:2195)\n    at OT.makeRequest (file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:857:5420)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:103:5)\n    at async SW9.d71.model (file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:4593:6345)\n    at async d71 (file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1346:19540)\n    at async SW9 (file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:4593:6499)\n    at async file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:4591:3799\n    at async d00 (file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1007:2037)\n    at async zHA (file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:4591:3769)","timestamp":"2025-12-28T12:50:59.035Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"prompt is too long: 201468 tokens > 200000 maximum\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CWZ7x7xwpM7KuUJMEiJJV\"}\n    at F9.generate (file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:510:11051)\n    at OT.makeStatusError (file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:857:2195)\n    at OT.makeRequest (file:///home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.11.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:857:5420)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:103:5)\n  

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