You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
CompactionArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.296,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
Compaction is when Claude Code shortens a long conversation by summarising it, so that it fits within the model's limit. Claude Code carries the task list through compaction. It now tries these options in order:
Descriptions and metadata, meaning the extra details stored with each task
Descriptions only, with metadata left out
Task names only, with descriptions left out
No tasks at all
Before, Claude Code tried only descriptions, and then dropped descriptions.
Why
Your tasks now come through compaction with more of their details whenever there is space for them.
