[Bug] Conversation Compact Functionality Regression in Context Management

Status Fixed / completed
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 5 comments · opened Oct 8, 2025 · closed Oct 14, 2025

Bug Description
I have to rewind to about 25%+ context remaining in order to compact conversation unless I let it run into auto-compact. I used to be able to compact as low as 0% remaining.

Windows 11 Pro (version 24H2)
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor (4.20 GHz)
Installed RAM 64.0 GB (63.2 GB usable)
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Claude Code session was within VSCode version 1.104.2

Environment Info

  • Platform: win32
  • Terminal: vscode
  • Version: 2.0.9
  • Feedback ID: ce9e0476-739a-41f2-b82d-1f76b02a08da

Errors

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Note: Error logs were truncated.

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5 Comments

github-actions[bot] · 1 year ago

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

  1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8994
  2. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8881
  3. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8178

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bledden · 1 year ago

This is similar to https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/8881 but that issue doesn't have a lot of error logging and this may be a better bug to follow.

bledden · 1 year ago

I have not run into this following the big UI update to CC. Can mark as closed and will file a new one if needed.

bledden · 1 year ago

Will say this does happen mostly when I've ignored a request for a terminal command for too long. Like at a reproducible amount.

github-actions[bot] · 11 months ago

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