Problemsby GlyphClaude Code runs out of context on real work
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[FEATURE] Use Varlink for cross-session messaging
### Preflight Checklist - [x] I have searched [existing requests](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20label%3Aenhancement) and this feature hasn't been requested yet - [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features) ### Problem Statement...
claude code auto compress fails with "deepseek-v4.1-flash:1017-cloud"
### What is the issue? I just cought a longrunner circling around "Goal not yet met" >10 times. it runs out of context, detects that but **does not compact** automatically ?!? 1st time i see this issue , but also 1st time i use DS41F ! This prevents long runs with "/goal"...
Anthropic caching - is this a bad joke?
...true . But this setting is broken for all latest anthropic models, sine opus / sonnet 5 (!):. Extended cache TTL settings have no effect for Claude 5.x models · Issue #340830 · microsoft/vscode . With a PR waiting to be merged:. Add Claude 5.x models to extended cache TTL...
[Bug] Auto-Compact triggers prematurely on Opus 5.5 1M context window
**Bug Description** "auto-compact at preTokens 275,318 on Opus 5.5 1M, status bar ~27% **Environment Info** - Platform: win32 - Terminal: windows-terminal - Version: 2.1.291 - Feedback ID: 558bafa8-17cf-49dc-bcfe-d970d5c4c51f
Gemma 4 26B-A4B stops on M2 Max with `device lost: … kIOGPUCommandBufferCallbackErrorImpactingInteractivity` once a prompt reaches ~35k tokens
## Description (human-written) On my M2 Max Mac Studio, Gemma 4 26B-A4B stops working once the input gets long (around 35k tokens). --- ## Details (AI-written, Claude Code; measured on my machine) ### Environment | | | |---|---| | Magnitude | 0.2.5 (desktop app); also reproduced...
I measured what actually reaches Claude Code's context window over 61 days of my own transcripts
.... Code (hooks as a settings example, the memory guards with their failing fixtures, the measuring scripts, memory and map templates; MIT): https://github.com/JhouCode/hipocampo . Written and tested on Linux with bash and python3. If you run the measuring scripts on your own...
[Bug]: Anthropic stop_reason model_context_window_exceeded is mapped to finish_reason "stop"
### What happened? Anthropic returns `stop_reason: "model_context_window_exceeded"` when generation stops because the context window is full. `_FINISH_REASON_MAP` in `litellm_core_utils/core_helpers.py` has no entry for it, so `map_finish_reason` logs a warning and returns...
...2/ Context window in the harness. Claude Code wins on this. There used to be a toml file workaround for Codex to extend the GPT context window to 1m, but this stopped working on the plans and only on per-token billing (ETA: noname120 pointed out this is no longer the case and it...
Coming from Claude Code - how do you actually work with Codex's 258k context window?
.../compact, start a new chat, something else?. . And honestly, just help me out here: how should I be working with Codex at all? I don't understand how anyone gets real work done in a window this small.. I'm probably just doing something wrong. Any advice appreciated..
[BUG] --resume loses [1m] context window on non-first-party ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL when session model differs from default
### Preflight Checklist - [x] I have searched [existing issues](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3Abug) and this hasn't been reported yet - [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs) - [x]...
Hey HN, We built OKF Agent Memory because we were frustrated with how AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, local models) handle long-term project context. Every time a context window closes or a session resets, the agent forgets architectural decisions, domain...
Feature request: per-agent auto-compact window (separate boundaries for coordinator session vs subagents)
...session that dispatches subagents - both roles compact at the same boundary with no way to differentiate.
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12 posts from 12 people in 8 places, about 1 a week over 69 days. Mostly on anthropics/claude-code, Hacker News comments, BerriAI/litellm. Tools named alongside: Claude, GitHub, Codex, Oracle.
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Posts that state a pain and match the "context-window" rule about Claude Code. First post Aug 28, 2026, latest Nov 4, 2026. Corroborated: 3 or more posts from 2 or more people or places. Method
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Trouble with Claude Code session
Top post: "Remote Control (mobile): session start cards / task chips not shown on the phone; start_session refused for", one of 7 posts from 7 people on GitHub issues.
Claude Code error messages are cryptic
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Claude Code vulnerabilities are hard to triage and patch
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