[Bug] Compact Command Fails with "Conversation Too Long" Error

Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Sep 14, 2025 by marcialpaulg Closed Nov 3, 2025

Bug Description
/compact it says Error: Error during compaction: Error: Conversation too long. Press esc twice to go up a few messages and try again. even tho my context is only 119k tokens.

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: Apple_Terminal
  • Version: 1.0.113
  • Feedback ID: 7660496b-fe2f-48b9-8f2b-2696d17c5f6b

Errors

[{"error":"Error: Language not supported while highlighting code, falling back to markdown: \n    at Wz (/$bunfs/root/claude:1656:1192)\n    at map (native:1:11)\n    at T7 (/$bunfs/root/claude:1656:905)\n    at EWW (/$bunfs/root/claude:2912:9543)\n    at cq (/$bunfs/root/claude:47:19415)\n    at uu (/$bunfs/root/claude:49:42805)\n    at n5 (/$bunfs/root/claude:49:38347)\n    at dx (/$bunfs/root/claude:49:38275)\n    at Zw (/$bunfs/root/claude:49:38129)\n    at qF (/$bunfs/root/claude:49:35208)","timestamp":"2025-09-14T17:21:22.154Z"},{"error":"Error: ### Result\nError: Tool \"browser_press_key\" does not handle the modal state.\n### Modal state\n- [File chooser]: can be handled by the \"browser_file_upload\" tool\n\n    at XpG (/$bunfs/root/claude:1772:15933)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-14T18:01:54.687Z"},{"error":"Error: ### Result\nError: Ref e34 not found in the current page snapshot. Try capturing new snapshot.\n\n    at XpG (/$bunfs/root/claude:1772:15933)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-14T18:02:54.655Z"},{"error":"Error: ### Result\nError: Ref e34 not found in the current page snapshot. Try capturing new snapshot.\n\n    at XpG (/$bunfs/root/claude:1772:15933)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-14T18:05:23.750Z"},{"error":"Error: ### Result\nError: Ref e34 not found in the current page snapshot. Try capturing new snapshot.\n\n    at XpG (/$bunfs/root/claude:1772:15933)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-14T18:07:49.711Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"prompt is too long: 202103 tokens > 200000 maximum\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CT8kQRrdVmJ4Q9vR2FQwK\"}\n    at new V5 (unknown:1:28)\n    at new hY (/$bunfs/root/claude:842:1962)\n    at new iZ0 (unknown:1:28)\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/claude:842:2419)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/claude:859:5359)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-14T18:15:15.204Z"},{"error":"Error: Conversation too long. Press esc twice to go up a few messages and try again.\n    at RR0 (/$bunfs/root/claude:2259:1492)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-14T18:15:15.217Z"},{"error":"Error: Error during compaction: Error: Conversation too long. Press esc twice to go up a few messages and try again.\n    at call (/$bunfs/root/claude:2260:210)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-14T18:15:15.219Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"prompt is too long: 202103 tokens > 200000 maximum\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CT8kfCGEdKqJQDP6zKrmK\"}\n    at new V5 (unknown:1:28)\n    at new hY (/$bunfs/root/claude:842:1962)\n    at new iZ0 (unknown:1:28)\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/claude:842:2419)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/claude:859:5359)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-14T18:18:35.166Z"},{"error":"Error: Conversation too long. Press esc twice to go up a few messages and try again.\n    at RR0 (/$bunfs/root/claude:2259:1492)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-14T18:18:35.168Z"},{"error":"Error: Error during compaction: Error: Conversation too long. Press esc twice to go up a few messages and try again.\n    at call (/$bunfs/root/claude:2260:210)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-14T18:18:35.169Z"}]

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