[Bug] Memory leak causing performance degradation during extended runtime

Resolved 💬 6 comments Opened Jan 15, 2026 by siennathesane Closed Feb 28, 2026

Bug Description
when running for long periods of time, the runtime becomes slow and memory seems to balloon

Environment Info

  • Platform: linux
  • Terminal: ghostty
  • Version: 2.1.7
  • Feedback ID: 0b52a0e9-058f-4010-b732-f93383518c54

Errors

[{"error":"Error: NON-FATAL: Lock acquisition failed for /home/sienna/.local/share/claude/versions/2.1.7 (expected in multi-process scenarios)\n    at eP$ (/$bunfs/root/claude:3165:2157)\n    at rTA (/$bunfs/root/claude:3165:1268)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-01-15T10:10:49.402Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"prompt is too long: 209661 tokens > 200000 maximum\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CX8z1m69GYU9ziVYmE1SS\"}\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/claude:438:33630)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/claude:855:5435)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-01-15T10:11:36.823Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"prompt is too long: 209661 tokens > 200000 maximum\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CX8z2CTcyyRkuYeUyDQSN\"}\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/claude:438:33630)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/claude:855:5435)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-01-15T10:11:39.918Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"prompt is too long: 209661 tokens > 200000 maximum\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CX8z2Sq4wkUgJXWiDDuzQ\"}\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/claude:438:33630)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/claude:855:5435)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-01-15T10:11:43.353Z"}]

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