{"version":"2.1.295","anchor":"compaction-related-trackers-memory-write-cut-and-new-compac","canonical_anchor":"compaction-related-trackers-memory-write-cut-and-new-compac","heading":"Claude Code starts tracking memory writes and new compaction steps","tier":"internal","area":"Compaction","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.295\/e\/compaction-related-trackers-memory-write-cut-and-new-compac","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.295","markdown":"### Claude Code starts tracking memory writes and new compaction steps\n\nClaude Code now notes when a turn writes to memory and has two new compaction step names\n\n**What**\n\nWhen one of Claude's turns calls a tool that writes to memory, Claude Code now records the time, and a new check compares it with the last time it checked. Two new step names, `compact_running_turn_record` and `compact_sleep`, sit beside the existing compaction steps. Compaction is when Claude Code shortens a long conversation so it fits in the model's working memory.\n\n**Why**\n\nThese pieces look like groundwork for new compaction or sleep behaviour, but they do not yet show anything you would notice.\n\n- Area: Compaction\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}