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Claude Code v2.1.235

Context-limit banner tells you auto-compact is switched off

You'll notice
Useful3 Signal1
Compaction

Hitting the context limit now tells you auto-compact is off and where to switch it back on.

/configautoCompactEnabled
What

When you hit the context limit and auto-compact is off, the banner now says "auto-compact is off" and points at /config to turn it on. The hint only appears when you turned it off yourself: the autoCompactEnabled setting (default true) resolving to false in user settings, or in legacy global config while user settings are in play.

Details
  • Setting DISABLE_COMPACT or DISABLE_AUTO_COMPACT in the environment suppresses the hint; DISABLE_COMPACT still selects the "/clear to continue" wording instead.
  • The inline status-line message was pulled out into its own component, which appends the hint when there is no remote autocompact state.
  • Reachable for everyone on this build, no flag.
Evidence

auto-compact is off, /config to turn it on

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

Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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