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This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs) I am using the latest version of Claude Code
What's Wrong?
Auto-compact doesn't work. Anthropic flagged this as fixed on January 15, but the issue persists. When context window fills up, instead of auto-compacting and continuing the conversation, one of two things happens:
Messages get bounced back to the input box with no error (most common). Occasionally, a "limit reached" error appears.
This happens even when the context being fed the chat shouldn't be anywhere near the 200k token limit.
What Should Happen?
Auto-compact should trigger automatically when approaching context limits, allowing the conversation to continue without manual intervention.
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