Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
CompactionArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.293,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
When a message repeats the summary Claude Code writes as it shortens, or compacts, a long conversation, it now carries a flag saying so. In some cases a copy of a message also keeps its permission decision, the record of whether a tool use was allowed.
Why
This points to changes in how compaction is handled.
