[BUG] Critical: Context low when context available, compact, message does not work after this.

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jul 29, 2025 by junaid1460 Closed Aug 15, 2025

Environment

  • Platform (select one):
  • [x] Anthropic API
  • [ ] AWS Bedrock
  • [ ] Google Vertex AI
  • [x] Other: Max Plan
  • Claude CLI version: 1.0.62
  • Operating System: MacOS Sequoia 15.0.1
  • Terminal: VS code integrated terminal

Bug Description

Context low when context is actually available

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Use tasks and reach somehow till 1 digit context
  2. Then send some messages asking questions
  3. Quit
  4. continue

Expected Behavior

To be able to send messages

Actual Behavior

> Okay, create tasks to fix the tests systematically
  ⎿  Context low · Run /compact to compact & continue

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

> /bug 
  ⎿  Error submitting bug report

╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ >                                                                 │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
  ? for shortcuts                                ⧉ In test_leave.py
                                              Bypassing Permissions
                                Context left until auto-compact: 9%

Additional Context

This happens after some Task(s) I kill claude and start again with --continue.

Active reported bugs:

  • Bug reporting does not work. ( This one is annoying )
  • Updating CLAUDE.md with # {message} crashes cli ( This one is annoying, but workable )

Unreported:

  • Hangs after longer usage, gets very very slow

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