{"version":"2.1.287","anchor":"auto-compact-window-from-client-data-now-gated-by-a-check","canonical_anchor":"auto-compact-window-from-client-data-now-gated-by-a-check","heading":"Auto-compact window from client data now depends on a condition","tier":"internal","area":"Compaction","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287\/e\/auto-compact-window-from-client-data-now-gated-by-a-check","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287","markdown":"### Auto-compact window from client data now depends on a condition\n\nA compaction size supplied with client data is now used only when a certain check passes, and otherwise the default applies\n\n**Unclear.** It is not known what the check tests.\n\n**What**\n\nAuto-compact is when Claude Code automatically shortens a conversation as it nears the model's limit. A window size for this can be supplied with the client's data. That value is now used only when a certain check passes. Otherwise no custom window is set and the default stays in place.\n\n**Why**\n\nA compaction size supplied this way may now apply only some of the time.\n\n- Area: Compaction\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}