[Bug] Auto-Compact triggers excessively and degrades output quality

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jan 12, 2026 by CryptologySAC Closed Jan 15, 2026

Bug Description
this version is burning through my weekly limits like crazy, it is re-compacting every 5 minutes even after staring a clean session. and on top of that the output is extremely low quality with a lot of errors and not following rules and instructions.

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: Apple_Terminal
  • Version: 2.1.5
  • Feedback ID: 91b9cfe7-1bb0-4905-b10d-40c815942019

Errors

[{"error":"MaxFileReadTokenExceededError: File content (27436 tokens) exceeds maximum allowed tokens (25000). Please use offset and limit parameters to read specific portions of the file, or use the GrepTool to search for specific content.\n    at FP_ (/$bunfs/root/claude:1606:13323)\n    at async call (/$bunfs/root/claude:1615:1005)\n    at async eB8 (/$bunfs/root/claude:3199:27250)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-01-12T04:02:38.008Z"},{"error":"MaxFileReadTokenExceededError: File content (36620 tokens) exceeds maximum allowed tokens (25000). Please use offset and limit parameters to read specific portions of the file, or use the GrepTool to search for specific content.\n    at FP_ (/$bunfs/root/claude:1606:13323)\n    at async call (/$bunfs/root/claude:1615:1005)\n    at async eB8 (/$bunfs/root/claude:3199:27250)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-01-12T04:02:38.054Z"}]

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