[Bug] Subagent spawning fails with xhigh/max reasoning due to prompt length limits
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened May 4, 2026 by pzep1 Closed May 4, 2026
Bug Description
when using xhigh or max, unable to spawn subagents because of prompt hit length limits:
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Subagent prompts hit length limits. Investigating directly.
Environment Info
- Platform: darwin
- Terminal: ghostty
- Version: 2.1.126
- Feedback ID: 01a092a7-3dcc-4567-a901-f55711e45104
Errors
[{"error":"Error: NON-FATAL: Lock acquisition failed for /Users/pz/.local/share/claude/versions/2.1.126 (expected in multi-process scenarios)\n at r86 (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:2768:2177)\n at HD8 (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:2768:1257)\n at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-05-04T18:55:15.252Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"prompt is too long: 213350 tokens > 200000 maximum\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011Cai3T9vQmUgHA5Kf7Jgi1\"}\n at generate (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:11:57327)\n at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:50:4943)\n at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-05-04T18:59:33.796Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"prompt is too long: 213350 tokens > 200000 maximum\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011Cai3TxgG6i4uPJigd97K1\"}\n at generate (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:11:57327)\n at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:50:4943)\n at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-05-04T18:59:45.199Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"prompt is too long: 213350 tokens > 200000 maximum\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011Cai3UZ3Ut91sdDsf11NQB\"}\n at generate (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:11:57327)\n at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/src/entrypoints/cli.js:50:4943)\n at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2026-05-04T18:59:53.050Z"}]This issue has 2 comments on GitHub. Read the full discussion on GitHub ↗