[FEATURE] Ask for confirmation before compaction screen clearing

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jan 12, 2026 by arkanovicz Closed Jan 16, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing requests and this feature hasn't been requested yet
  • [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features)

Problem Statement

I find it very frustrating to have the CLI current screen output flushed at auto-compaction time, while I'm reading it...

Proposed Solution

There should be some option to give the user a chance to control it, like "auto-compaction time reached - press Enter to continue" (or even an option to provide a prompt as with the /compact command).

Alternative Solutions

Apart from manually grepping into history jsonl files, I'm not aware of an alternative, but maybe I am missing something.

Priority

High - Significant impact on productivity

Feature Category

CLI commands and flags

Use Case Example

I'm reading claude's output during a complex task, auto-completion % decreases and reaches 0%, then the whole screen is suddenly reset, this is very frustrating.

Additional Context

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