[Bug] Auto-Compact Fails Due to Conversation Length Limit

Resolved 💬 10 comments Opened Oct 3, 2025 by defocusing Closed Jan 29, 2026

Bug Description
it fails to compact saying "Error: Error during compaction: Error: Conversation too long. Press esc twice to go up a few messages and try
again." often. its happened at single digit % and 0% and refuses to move foward. it doesn't even autocompact

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: Apple_Terminal
  • Version: 2.0.2
  • Feedback ID:

Errors

[{"error":"Error: Request was aborted.\n    at ng._createMessage (file:///Users/aneesh/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:899:4711)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at runNextTicks (node:internal/process/task_queues:69:3)\n    at process.processTimers (node:internal/timers:520:9)","timestamp":"2025-10-01T17:57:35.395Z"},{"error":"Error: Request was aborted.\n    at ng._createMessage (file:///Users/aneesh/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:899:4711)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)","timestamp":"2025-10-01T23:38:08.778Z"},{"error":"Error: Request was aborted.\n    at ng._createMessage (file:///Users/aneesh/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:899:4711)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)","timestamp":"2025-10-01T23:38:32.833Z"},{"error":"McpError: MCP error -32603: Attempted to use detached Frame 'A2500192933044A2A27AEB1843F546A7'.\n    at mM1._onresponse (file:///Users/aneesh/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1004:16569)\n    at _transport.onmessage (file:///Users/aneesh/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1004:13741)\n    at q30.processReadBuffer (file:///Users/aneesh/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1006:2306)\n    at Socket.<anonymous> (file:///Users/aneesh/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1006:1672)\n    at Socket.emit (node:events:518:28)\n    at Socket.emit (node:domain:489:12)\n    at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:561:12)\n    at readableAddChunkPushByteMode (node:internal/streams/readable:512:3)\n    at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:392:5)\n    at Pipe.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:189:23)","timestamp":"2025-10-02T00:14:21.927Z"},{"error":"McpError: MCP error -32603: Attempted to use detached Frame 'A2500192933044A2A27AEB1843F546A7'.\n    at mM1._onresponse (file:///Users/aneesh/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1004:16569)\n    at _transport.onmessage (file:///Users/aneesh/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1004:13741)\n    at q30.processReadBuffer (file:///Users/aneesh/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1006:2306)\n    at Socket.<anonymous> (file:///Users/aneesh/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1006:1672)\n    at Socket.emit (node:events:518:28)\n    at Socket.emit (node:domain:489:12)\n    at addChunk (node:internal/streams/readable:561:12)\n    at readableAddChunkPushByteMode (node:internal/streams/readable:512:3)\n    at Readable.push (node:internal/streams/readable:392:5)\n    at Pipe.onStreamRead (node:internal/stream_base_commons:189:23)","timestamp":"2025-10-02T00:14:25.499Z"},{"error":"MaxFileReadTokenExceededError: File content (31529 tokens) exceeds maximum allowed tokens (25000). Please use offset and limit parameters to read specific portions of the file, or use the GrepTool to search for specific content.\n    at Na2 (file:///Users/aneesh/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1834:404)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)\n    at async Object.call (file:///Users/aneesh/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1829:1010)\n    at async ay6 (file:///Users/aneesh/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2652:27289)\n    at async YYB (file:///Users/aneesh/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2652:23431)","timestamp":"2025-10-02T00:14:37.741Z"},{"error":"Error: Request was aborted.\n    at ng._createMessage (file:///Users/aneesh/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:899:4711)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)","timestamp":"2025-10-02T00:14:51.085Z"},{"error":"McpError: MCP error -32603: Attempted to use detached Frame 'A2500192933044A2A27AEB1843F546A7'.\n    at mM1._onresponse (file:///Users/aneesh/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1004:16569)\n    at _transport.onmessage (file:///Users/aneesh/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1004:13741)\n    at q30.processReadBuffer (file:///Users/aneesh/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1006:2306)\n    at Socket.<anonymous> (file:///Users/aneesh/.claude/local/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:1006:1672)\n    at Socket.emit (node:events:518:28)\n    at Socket.emit (node:domain:489:12)\n    at addChunk (node:internal/stre

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