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Claude Code v2.1.198 ·

Precomputed Conversation Compaction Persistence [Gradual Rollout]

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JSON All of v2.1.198
EntryKind: in v2.1.198,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What

Conversation compaction results are now pre-computed and persisted to a .precompact.json sidecar file, enabling instant compact rehydration when a session restarts.

Details
  • Feature-gated by tengu_amber_packet; not universally enabled yet
  • Pre-compact file is written to the session directory alongside the transcript
  • At session start, if a valid .precompact.json is found and passes age/model/token-drift checks, the compaction result is reused without re-running the LLM summary
  • Invalidation conditions: model changed, too old, transcript grew or shrank too much, boundary UUID missing
  • Log messages: "precomputed compact: rehydrated", "precomputed compact: persisted", "precomputed compact: rehydrate rejected (<reason>)"
Evidence

File constant (search for ".precompact.json") and feature flag (search for tengu_amber_packet)

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

Read from
Feature flag
tengu_amber_packet Off in both readings

The flag server returned off for the account this site reads and for the anonymous baseline. A reading of off cannot rule out a rollout these two readings sit outside of.

This account: off · anonymous baseline: off · compiled default in v2.1.198: off

These values were read against a different version of Claude Code, so treat them as the nearest reading available instead of one taken on this release.

Read once, for one account on one subscription tier, against v2.1.198. It isn't a statement about your account. What a flag value here can and cannot tell you

What has happened since
Flag reading moved The flag server now returns off for tengu_amber_packet, read as this account. A reading is one sample. Claude Code evaluates its flags remotely, so no client sees the targeting rule behind a value and this says nothing about your account.
Flag reading moved The flag server now returns nothing at all, having stopped carrying it for tengu_amber_packet, read as this account. A reading is one sample. Claude Code evaluates its flags remotely, so no client sees the targeting rule behind a value and this says nothing about your account.

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How sure we are
One source agreesOne thing we can check says the same as this entry.
The name it cites is new in this buildNew in this build: tengu_amber_packet

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