{"version":"2.1.260","anchor":"autocompaction-now-skips-huge-context-side-questionextract","canonical_anchor":"autocompaction-now-skips-huge-context-side-questionextract","heading":"Autocompaction now skips huge-context side-question\/extract-memories subagent calls","tier":"notice","area":"Compaction","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.260\/e\/autocompaction-now-skips-huge-context-side-questionextract","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.260","markdown":"### Autocompaction now skips huge-context side-question\/extract-memories subagent calls\n\nAutocompaction now skips huge-context side-question and memory-extraction subagent calls entirely.\n\nA new guard skips autocompaction entirely for query sources of type `side_question` or `extract_memories` when the effective context window is at least 1,000,000 tokens and that window wasn't set via env or settings config. This is a live behavioral change, not gated behind an experiment flag, and is reachable whenever `CLAUDE_CODE_REMOTE` isn't restricting the session.\n\n- Area: Compaction\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}