Compaction Failure: Conversation Length Exceeds Processing Limit

Resolved 💬 12 comments Opened Jun 15, 2025 by kurdin Closed Jan 10, 2026

Bug Description
/compact
⎿ Error: Error during compaction: Error: Conversation too long.
Press esc to go up a few messages and try again.

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: vscode
  • Version: 1.0.24
  • Feedback ID: 546b7692-9e82-472a-9528-e25979964a6f

Errors

[{"error":"Error: Command failed: security find-generic-password -a $USER -w -s \"Claude Code\"\nsecurity: SecKeychainSearchCopyNext: The specified item could not be found in the keychain.\n\n    at genericNodeError (node:internal/errors:983:15)\n    at wrappedFn (node:internal/errors:537:14)\n    at checkExecSyncError (node:child_process:882:11)\n    at execSync (node:child_process:954:15)\n    at HZ (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:659:3921)\n    at file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:582:8863\n    at Q (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:526:17199)\n    at tJ (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:582:8009)\n    at HS (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:582:7090)\n    at T6 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:582:11202)","timestamp":"2025-06-15T18:42:19.974Z"},{"error":"Error: Request was aborted.\n    at Lw.makeRequest (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1344:3784)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)","timestamp":"2025-06-15T18:49:08.574Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"prompt is too long: 202576 tokens > 200000 maximum\"}}\n    at h6.generate (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1329:12578)\n    at Lw.makeStatusError (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1344:2082)\n    at Lw.makeRequest (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1344:5257)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at async ME2.K11.showErrors (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1698:22008)\n    at async K11 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1698:12203)\n    at async ME2 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1698:21854)\n    at async file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1698:17103\n    at async yt1 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1698:5151)\n    at async Fu (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1698:17073)","timestamp":"2025-06-15T18:55:16.093Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"prompt is too long: 204960 tokens > 200000 maximum\"}}\n    at h6.generate (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1329:12578)\n    at Lw.makeStatusError (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1344:2082)\n    at Lw.makeRequest (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1344:5257)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at async ME2.K11.showErrors (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1698:22008)\n    at async K11 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1698:12203)\n    at async ME2 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1698:21854)\n    at async file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1698:17103\n    at async yt1 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1698:5151)\n    at async Fu (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1698:17073)","timestamp":"2025-06-15T19:18:36.915Z"},{"error":"Error: Conversation too long. Press esc to go up a few messages and try again.\n    at BH1 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1914:7444)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at async Object.call (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1977:1674)\n    at async FU5 (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2431:58)\n    at async Wp (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2427:19304)\n    at async file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2434:3648","timestamp":"2025-06-15T19:18:36.932Z"},{"error":"Error: Error during compaction: Error: Conversation too long. Press esc to go up a few messages and try again.\n    at Object.call (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1977:1963)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/proc

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