12 pointsby pragmaticalien810 hours ago5 comments
  • tristanc3 hours ago
    They mention specifically fixing this in 2.1.14:

    https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/blob/main/CHANGELO...

    > Fixed a regression where the context window blocking limit was calculated too aggressively, blocking users at ~65% context usage instead of the intended ~98%

    • pragmaticalien82 hours ago
      i think it is happing way more quicker than ~65%, more like ~20% in my case. My sessions used to last me one week before, now 1 hour of plain back and forth stops the discussion without a single compact, no errors.
  • _3455 hours ago
    I have never had any of these problems using codex. Codex just works. on like the cheapest organization plan, I've never hit any limits, ever. Meanwhile I go on hackernews every day and I see you people talking about claude like its 1943 and you're frustrated that your cheese rations have been cut again.
    • pragmaticalien83 hours ago
      I have been on Max + 20 plan for over 6 months without any issues that is why I’m wondering if this is something new.
    • czk2 hours ago
      claude has half the context window size of codex and blows through a good percentage of it right off the bat by injecting a system prompt the size of don quixote
  • lschueller5 hours ago
    Is it project-unrelated, that you ran into limits so quickly? If it's just in some repos, it might be a bloated claude.md. Looking forward reading from you, if you get some helpful insights
    • pragmaticalien83 hours ago
      It is all related, it happens in the middle of a debug session where it just stops responding with no error message and my last message remains in the chat window. i have to then start a new session and explain the context of pervious session and Claud goes on to ask for more context from the code and then by the time I get to any new code the session does what i explained above. i don’t allow Cluade to access my code directly its only via chat ui interaction. My usage data in the settings shows I have used less than 4% of alloted tokens
  • elemdos10 hours ago
    I’ve noticed the same thing, thought it was just me. Wonder if ralph wiggum would help.
  • dostick9 hours ago
    Do you mean context size before compacting?
    • pragmaticalien82 hours ago
      Yes, it never compacts anymore, just stops responding in the middle of a discussion. i thought it was one off but after 7 sessions of the same behavior it became very frustrating.