{"version":"2.1.292","anchor":"tool-result-stripping-now-keeps-virtual-messages","canonical_anchor":"tool-result-stripping-now-keeps-virtual-messages","heading":"Saved conversations now trim tool results in virtual messages too","tier":"internal","area":"Sessions","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.292\/e\/tool-result-stripping-now-keeps-virtual-messages","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.292","markdown":"### Saved conversations now trim tool results in virtual messages too\n\nWhen Claude Code trims tool results before saving a conversation, it now processes messages marked as virtual instead of skipping them\n\n**What**\n\nBefore saving a conversation to disk, Claude Code cuts down the output of tool calls (the actions Claude takes, such as reading a file or running a command) that it stores. That pass used to skip messages marked as virtual. It now includes them and rebuilds them in their trimmed form.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis affects how large stored conversation transcripts are.\n\n- Area: Sessions\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}