{"version":"2.1.323","anchor":"compaction-failure-reasons-reworded","canonical_anchor":"compaction-failure-reasons-reworded","heading":"Plainer reasons when a conversation can't be compacted","tier":"notice","area":"Compaction","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.323\/e\/compaction-failure-reasons-reworded","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.323","markdown":"### Plainer reasons when a conversation can't be compacted\n\nWhen compacting fails, Claude Code now has plain-language reasons, such as there being no messages to summarize or images too large to summarize\n\n**What**\n\nCompacting means Claude Code summarizes the earlier part of a conversation to free up room. It now has plain-language reasons for when this fails:\n\n- no messages to summarize: \"it has no messages to summarize\"\n\n- media that can't be stripped out: \"its images or documents are too large to summarize\"\n\n**Why**\n\nIf compacting fails, you get a clearer idea of why.\n\n- Area: Compaction\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}