{"version":"2.1.323","anchor":"context-clearing-stats-guard-against-model-changes","canonical_anchor":"context-clearing-stats-guard-against-model-changes","heading":"Token estimate after clearing context is skipped when the model changed","tier":"internal","area":"Context Management","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.323\/e\/context-clearing-stats-guard-against-model-changes","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.323","markdown":"### Token estimate after clearing context is skipped when the model changed\n\nClaude Code skips its estimate of cleared history tokens when the model requested has changed\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear whether this changes anything a user can see.\n\n**What**\n\nWhen context is cleared, Claude Code estimates how many tokens of conversation history were removed. Tokens are the small chunks of text a model reads. That estimate is now skipped when the model being asked for has changed.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis affects how accurately Claude Code measures cleared history for its own records.\n\n- Area: Context Management\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 0\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}