[Bug] Compaction Fails: Conversation Too Long Error

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Sep 26, 2025 by weisisheng Closed Sep 29, 2025

Bug Description
Trying to do a /compact with only a couple of percentage left before auto compact and get this error: Error: Error during compaction: Error: Conversation too long. Press esc twice to go up a few messages and try again.

Environment Info

  • Platform: linux
  • Terminal: vscode
  • Version: 1.0.124
  • Feedback ID:

Errors

[{"error":"Error\n    at ZC (/$bunfs/root/claude:536:1083)\n    at Q1 (/$bunfs/root/claude:537:9957)\n    at emit (node:events:92:22)\n    at endReadableNT (internal:streams/readable:862:50)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)\n    at request (/$bunfs/root/claude:539:2105)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-26T01:19:02.206Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"prompt is too long: 209683 tokens > 200000 maximum\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CTWFoeLZzVxcYS77meYeo\"}\n    at new H5 (unknown:1:28)\n    at new jY (/$bunfs/root/claude:861:1962)\n    at new tZ0 (unknown:1:28)\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/claude:861:2419)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/claude:878:5359)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-26T02:53:16.204Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"prompt is too long: 201129 tokens > 200000 maximum\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CTWFzZURmNgwUfqrgPpAE\"}\n    at new H5 (unknown:1:28)\n    at new jY (/$bunfs/root/claude:861:1962)\n    at new tZ0 (unknown:1:28)\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/claude:861:2419)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/claude:878:5359)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-26T02:55:44.540Z"},{"error":"Error: Conversation too long. Press esc twice to go up a few messages and try again.\n    at uR0 (/$bunfs/root/claude:2092:1573)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-26T02:55:44.544Z"},{"error":"Error: Error during compaction: Error: Conversation too long. Press esc twice to go up a few messages and try again.\n    at call (/$bunfs/root/claude:2093:210)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-26T02:55:44.544Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"prompt is too long: 209683 tokens > 200000 maximum\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CTWGDhMZ8FUzTsRcQoNYT\"}\n    at new H5 (unknown:1:28)\n    at new jY (/$bunfs/root/claude:861:1962)\n    at new tZ0 (unknown:1:28)\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/claude:861:2419)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/claude:878:5359)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-26T02:58:42.491Z"},{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"prompt is too long: 209683 tokens > 200000 maximum\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CTWGS7yyNHZS556Xw7bEb\"}\n    at new H5 (unknown:1:28)\n    at new jY (/$bunfs/root/claude:861:1962)\n    at new tZ0 (unknown:1:28)\n    at generate (/$bunfs/root/claude:861:2419)\n    at makeRequest (/$bunfs/root/claude:878:5359)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-26T03:01:31.133Z"},{"error":"Error\n    at ZC (/$bunfs/root/claude:536:1083)\n    at Q1 (/$bunfs/root/claude:537:9957)\n    at emit (node:events:92:22)\n    at endReadableNT (internal:streams/readable:862:50)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)\n    at request (/$bunfs/root/claude:539:2105)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-09-26T03:03:59.375Z"}]

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