Memory save requests ignored — session context lost, tokens wasted

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Type of Behavior Issue

Other unexpected behavior

What You Asked Claude to Do

I explicitly asked Claude to save memory mid-session. Multiple times. It said "I'll save it" and did absolutely
nothing. Then context compression hit, wiped everything, and the next session had zero memory of prior work.

Rinse and repeat. Every. Single. Session.

What Claude Actually Did

What Actually Happened:
Memory writes were deferred or silently skipped. Context compression fired first. Hours of session context —
gone. Had to re-explain everything from scratch, burning a significant chunk of tokens in the process.

At this point I'm genuinely wondering if the token waste is a feature, not a bug.

Expected Behavior

Expected Behavior:
When a user says "save this" — save it. Immediately. Not after finishing the current task. Not eventually. Now.

Files Affected

Permission Mode

Accept Edits was ON (auto-accepting changes)

Can You Reproduce This?

Yes, every time with the same prompt

Steps to Reproduce

_No response_

Claude Model

Sonnet

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Impact

Critical - Data loss or corrupted project

Claude Code Version

2.1.118

Platform

Anthropic API

Additional Context

Environment:

• Claude Code, Windows 11
• Model: claude-sonnet-4-6
• Sessions: multiple, same issue every time