[Bug] Unexpected Context Size Reduction Impacting Workflow Efficiency

Status Closed — not planned
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 3 comments · opened Oct 11, 2025 · closed Jan 10, 2026

Bug Description
The apparent changes to context size make it much more difficult to use and causes much lost and repeated work. This is not good. I think there are tools to help contorl this but that should not be my problem.

Environment Info

  • Platform: linux
  • Terminal: vscode
  • Version: 2.0.14
  • Feedback ID: 5a9d05c0-de8f-466b-956d-9c1b6e4d07b0

Errors

[{"error":"Error: 400 {\"type\":\"error\",\"error\":{\"type\":\"invalid_request_error\",\"message\":\"prompt is too long: 212392 tokens > 200000 maximum\"},\"request_id\":\"req_011CU29QXmwqpyMaojEpcMDp\"}\n    at N4.generate (file:///home/geoff/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:428:21403)\n    at tS.makeStatusError (file:///home/geoff/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:573:2117)\n    at tS.makeRequest (file:///home/geoff/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:573:5330)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)","timestamp":"2025-10-11T21:47:11.190Z"},{"error":"Error: Request was aborted.\n    at tS.makeRequest (file:///home/geoff/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:573:3850)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)","timestamp":"2025-10-11T21:52:45.382Z"},{"error":"Error: Language not supported while highlighting code, falling back to markdown: env\n    at hK (file:///home/geoff/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2123:729)\n    at file:///home/geoff/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2123:457\n    at Array.map (<anonymous>)\n    at tF (file:///home/geoff/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2123:448)\n    at OlB (file:///home/geoff/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:2123:12745)\n    at G$ (file:///home/geoff/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:73:19415)\n    at ka (file:///home/geoff/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:75:42814)\n    at S9 (file:///home/geoff/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:75:38355)\n    at Wm (file:///home/geoff/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:75:38283)\n    at z$ (file:///home/geoff/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js:75:38137)","timestamp":"2025-10-11T22:00:21.973Z"}]

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