Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
0Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
ElsewhereArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.274,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
The 'Critical memory usage' banner, which suggests restarting and resuming with --continue and, in some cases, running /compact to free up context, is now rendered by a memoized component. It still only appears when memory usage is at the 'critical' tier, not the 'high' tier. The banner's text itself is unchanged.
Why
This is an internal rendering change; the guidance shown to users when memory usage is critical stays the same.
How sure we are
One source agreesOne thing we can check says the same as this entry.
Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed an active /goal being lost when resuming (--continue / --resume) a session that had compacted
