[Bug] Conversation compacting hangs indefinitely during token reduction and uses huge tokens

Status Open
Reported on v2.1.233
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 0 comments · opened Aug 18, 2026

Bug Description
Compacting is regularly getting stuck for hours on end:

  • Compacting conversation… (4h 6m 2s · ↓ 829.9k tokens)

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No mention of session being too long so I don't believe this is a duplicate of those bug reports. Just regular hangs when compacting.

Environment Info

  • Platform: win32
  • Terminal: windows-terminal
  • Version: 2.1.233
  • Feedback ID: d6f6233a-a2f7-473f-8b58-be52a0a07ee6

Errors

[{"error":"TelemetrySafeError: VirtualMessageList: itemKeys/messages length desync (keys=106 messages=105 range=[70,106))\n    at AGE (B:/~BUN/root/cli:22830:33325)\n    at Vuh (B:/~BUN/root/cli:22830:26297)\n    at ko (B:/~BUN/root/cli:13184:21380)\n    at fs (B:/~BUN/root/cli:13184:40481)\n    at Xu (B:/~BUN/root/cli:13184:51405)\n    at lCe (B:/~BUN/root/cli:13184:89090)\n    at FSe (B:/~BUN/root/cli:13184:88039)\n    at $Se (B:/~BUN/root/cli:13184:87858)\n    at IC (B:/~BUN/root/cli:13184:84117)\n    at et (B:/~BUN/root/cli:13184:6675)","timestamp":"2026-08-17T18:57:49.584Z"}]

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