[Bug] Compaction Failure: Conversation Length Exceeded Limit

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Sep 19, 2025 by adamwestland Closed Sep 25, 2025

Bug Description
Error: Error during compaction: Error: Conversation too long. Press esc twice to go up a few messages and try again.

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: Apple_Terminal
  • Version: 1.0.117
  • Feedback ID: 13aeeb0b-6c4a-44a4-86d7-f83ea6f0b59f

Errors

[{"error":"Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, read\n    at Module.readSync (node:fs:741:18)\n    at Object.readSync (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:719:6908)\n    at lJ (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3556:270)\n    at UV (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3558:476)\n    at oG5 (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3356:16115)\n    at K (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3356:15321)\n    at file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3356:15639\n    at nY (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:86:21536)\n    at jK (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:86:41119)\n    at file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:86:39310","timestamp":"2025-09-18T03:04:57.268Z"},{"error":"Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, read\n    at Module.readFileSync (node:fs:442:20)\n    at Object.readFileSync (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:719:6735)\n    at UV (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3558:491)\n    at oG5 (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3356:16115)\n    at K (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3356:15321)\n    at file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3356:15639\n    at nY (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:86:21536)\n    at jK (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:86:41119)\n    at file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:86:39310\n    at p10 (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:80:82069)","timestamp":"2025-09-18T03:04:57.272Z"},{"error":"Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, read\n    at Module.readSync (node:fs:741:18)\n    at Object.readSync (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:719:6908)\n    at lJ (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3556:270)\n    at UV (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3558:476)\n    at oG5 (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3356:16115)\n    at K (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3356:15321)\n    at file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3356:15639\n    at nY (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:86:21536)\n    at jK (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:86:41119)\n    at file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:86:39310","timestamp":"2025-09-18T03:05:03.110Z"},{"error":"Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, read\n    at Module.readFileSync (node:fs:442:20)\n    at Object.readFileSync (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:719:6735)\n    at UV (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3558:491)\n    at oG5 (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3356:16115)\n    at K (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3356:15321)\n    at file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:3356:15639\n    at nY (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:86:21536)\n    at jK (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:86:41119)\n    at file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:86:39310\n    at p10 (file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:80:82069)","timestamp":"2025-09-18T03:05:03.111Z"},{"error":"SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'I', \"I apologiz\"... is not valid JSON\n    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)\n    at file:///Users/awestland/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:733:9932\n    at Q (file:///Users/awestland/.c

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