Context Truncation: Unable to Compact Conversation Due to Length Limit

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jul 19, 2025 by avrabe Closed Jan 5, 2026

Bug Description
got 11% until compacting and asked a small sentence. directly received context low. Run /compact. However ehwn i run the /compact I got an error that the conversation is too long. Had this in the past as well and the suggested solution with going up a few messages seems not to resolv the issue. Always had t quit and restart.

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: WarpTerminal
  • Version: 1.0.55
  • Feedback ID: bd1b85e5-aaf9-49ac-a444-2ef2c13e59a6

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:984:15)\n    at wrappedFn (node:internal/errors:538:14)\n    at checkExecSyncError (node:child_process:890:11)\n    at execSync (node:child_process:962:15)\n    at q5 (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:727:4693)\n    at file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:640:41282\n    at Q (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:542:14406)\n    at PF (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:640:39067)\n    at $X (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:640:37933)\n    at RB (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:640:43902)","timestamp":"2025-07-18T14:50:07.510Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"prompt is too long: 218803 tokens > 200000 maximum\"}}\n    at B6.generate (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1179:6425)\n    at p$.makeStatusError (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1196:2101)\n    at p$.makeRequest (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1196:5315)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)","timestamp":"2025-07-18T16:58:40.814Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"prompt is too long: 214556 tokens > 200000 maximum\"}}\n    at B6.generate (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1179:6425)\n    at p$.makeStatusError (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1196:2101)\n    at p$.makeRequest (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1196:5315)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)","timestamp":"2025-07-18T16:58:53.890Z"},{"error":"Error: Request was aborted.\n    at p$.makeRequest (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1196:3840)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)","timestamp":"2025-07-18T17:01:48.513Z"},{"error":"Error: 429 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"rate_limit_error\",\"message\":\"This request would exceed your account's rate limit. Please try again later.\"}}\n    at B6.generate (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1179:6635)\n    at p$.makeStatusError (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1196:2101)\n    at p$.makeRequest (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1196:5315)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)","timestamp":"2025-07-18T18:23:10.102Z"},{"error":"Error: 429 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"rate_limit_error\",\"message\":\"This request would exceed your account's rate limit. Please try again later.\"}}\n    at B6.generate (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1179:6635)\n    at p$.makeStatusError (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1196:2101)\n    at p$.makeRequest (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1196:5315)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)\n    at async P9B.F91.showErrors (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2598:14125)\n    at async F91 (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21.6.1/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2140:1696)\n    at async P9B (file:///Users/r/.nvm/versions/node/v21

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