{"version":"2.1.287","anchor":"compaction-no-longer-clears-loadednestedmemorypaths","canonical_anchor":"compaction-no-longer-clears-loadednestedmemorypaths","heading":"Nested memory loaded-file tracking removed, and inner calls change how they read files","tier":"notice","area":"Compaction","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287\/e\/compaction-no-longer-clears-loadednestedmemorypaths","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.287","markdown":"### Nested memory loaded-file tracking removed, and inner calls change how they read files\n\n`loadedNestedMemoryPaths` is gone, so compaction and sub-contexts no longer manage it, and inner calls drop some file reading settings\n\n**Unclear.** Whether the reset of how memory files are chosen brings those files back into the conversation anyway is not settled.\n\n**What**\n\nNested memory files are `CLAUDE.md` files in subfolders that Claude Code loads when Claude works in those folders. Claude Code used to keep a list of which ones it had already loaded. That list, `loadedNestedMemoryPaths`, is removed:\n\n- The list and its clean-up step `evictNestedMemoryPaths` are gone.\n\n- Compaction, which shortens a long conversation by summarising it, no longer clears the list. It still clears `readFileState` and the memory selector.\n\n- The list is no longer passed from a parent to sub-contexts such as subagents (helper Claudes that work on a side task).\n\nTwo related changes affect inner calls, which are calls made inside another operation:\n\n- `fileReadingLimits` is no longer passed to inner calls.\n\n- For an inner call with no files read yet, `dedupUnchangedReads` is turned off, so it no longer gets a short \"unchanged\" answer for a file it never saw.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis changes when nested `CLAUDE.md` files are brought back into the conversation after compaction or inside subagents. If Claude seems to miss or repeat instructions from a subfolder's `CLAUDE.md` after a long session, this is the area that changed.\n\n- Area: Compaction\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}