[Bug] Unexpected Context Size Reduction Impacting Workflow Efficiency

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Oct 11, 2025 by geofstone 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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