You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Remote ControlArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.282,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
Child sessions that Remote Control starts for a project thread now get automatic compaction turned on. Automatic compaction (autoCompactEnabled) summarises older parts of a conversation when it nears the context limit, the most text the model can hold at once.
This applies to child sessions tagged "hearth-rc-child" (role projectThreadChild), and only when the new switch tengu_bridge_rc_child_auto_compact is on. Its built-in fallback is on; nothing has been read about it.
That role now grants autoCompact, next to defaultMode: "auto" in the settings generated for the child.
When a session is launched, the --settings JSON now passes autoCompact alongside autoOverSettings and autoModeEnvironment, and includes autoCompactEnabled: true when it is granted.
At attach, if flag settings do not already set autoCompactEnabled, it is set to true and listed in the reported granted settings; on detach it is removed again.
Why
Long-running project-thread children can compact on their own instead of running into the context limit. Because values passed with --settings override the same keys in your settings files, such a child can run with auto-compact on even if you turned it off in your own settings; it is left alone only when flag settings already set autoCompactEnabled.
tengu_bridge_rc_child_auto_compactNot enough to say
Nothing here resolved what this flag was doing on this version, so nothing here should be read as on or off.
This account: no value returned · anonymous baseline: no value returned · compiled default in v2.1.282: on
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.
The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.
Confirmed sinceAnthropic's documentation has since written up --settings, on Manage multiple agents with agent view.Agent view accepts the same configuration flags as `claude` for loading settings, plugins, MCP servers, and additional directories. Agent view applies `--settings`, `--setting-sources`, and `--plugin-dir` to itself and passes every configu…agent-viewsee the edit
How sure we are
Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtIt is not confirmed whether these launch settings or your own settings file win when they disagree.
Anthropic's documentation agreesAnthropic's documentation has since written up --settings, on Manage multiple agents with agent view.
Anthropic's release notes agreeChanged sandbox.excludedCommands to ignore project and local settings entries when managed settings or --settings set…
The name it cites is new in this buildNew in this build: tengu_bridge_rc_child_auto_compact
