{"version":"2.1.248","anchor":"token-reminder-budget-override-now-takes-effect","canonical_anchor":"token-reminder-budget-override-now-takes-effect","heading":"Token reminder budget override now takes effect","tier":"use","area":"Context Management","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.248\/e\/token-reminder-budget-override-now-takes-effect","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.248","markdown":"### Token reminder budget override now takes effect\n\nYour token reminder budget override is now honoured instead of silently ignored.\n\n**What**\n\n`CLAUDE_CODE_TOTAL_TOKENS_REMINDER_BUDGET`, which sets the token count at which Claude Code reminds itself about context usage, was being read through a stale variable on its final branch, so a value you set could be ignored. It is now checked correctly and falls back to the built-in default when unset or not positive.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`CLAUDE_CODE_TOTAL_TOKENS_REMINDER_BUDGET`\n\n- Area: Context Management\n- Names: `CLAUDE_CODE_TOTAL_TOKENS_REMINDER_BUDGET`\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 4\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}