[Bug] Conversation Compaction Fails: Conversation Length Limit Exceeded

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Oct 2, 2025 by non-stop-dev Closed Oct 3, 2025

Bug Description
I get this constantly when trying to compact conversations:\

/compact

⎿ 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: vscode
  • Version: 2.0.1
  • Feedback ID: 0be0835d-1f24-4066-9782-fa9907a8bf7e

Errors

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