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…de threads Claude threads over 100k tokens that sit idle for 70 minutes now compact before the next send. The only permanent opt-out was a hidden localStorage flag set by Claude's own "Don't ask again" resume prompt, which rarely appears. Add a "Compact old Claude threads" client setting that defaults on, read it where the flag was read, and turn it off when the native prompt is dismissed. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds a default-enabled client setting for Claude resume compaction. ChatView uses the setting to control compaction availability, and General settings provides a searchable toggle and reset action. ChangesClaude Resume Compaction
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Feature Possibly related PRs
Suggested labels: Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Users who chose "Don't ask again" on a Claude thread cannot reliably turn "Compact old Claude threads" back on. Opening that thread, or having it open when they restore defaults, silently switches the setting off again. This should be fixed before merge. Security Architecture ReviewSecurity architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to An earlier thread dismissal can override a later decision to re-enable or reset compaction, affecting other Claude threads on the same client. The demonstrated impact is preference ownership and recovery behavior, not new privileged access. Retained concerns
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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx:
- Around line 4183-4184: Update the effect containing the
nativeResumeCompactionDismissed and resumeCompactionEnabled check so a
previously recorded dismissal cannot disable the setting after the user turns it
back on; apply the opt-out only when a new dismissal occurs or track which
dismissals have already been applied. Keep the existing thread-level offer guard
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| if (nativeResumeCompactionDismissed && resumeCompactionEnabled) { | ||
| void updateClientSettings({ claudeResumeCompactionEnabled: false }); |
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Do not let a past thread dismissal override a later setting choice.
If a user turns Compact old Claude threads back on, opening a thread with a recorded native dismissal makes this effect set the global setting to false again. The same happens immediately if that thread is open when the user restores the default. Record which dismissals have already been applied, or apply the opt-out only when a new dismissal occurs. Keep the existing thread-level offer guard.
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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx around lines 4183 -
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Update the effect containing the nativeResumeCompactionDismissed and
resumeCompactionEnabled check so a previously recorded dismissal cannot disable
the setting after the user turns it back on; apply the opt-out only when a new
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| if (nativeResumeCompactionDismissed && !resumeCompactionPermanentlyDismissed) { | ||
| setResumeCompactionPermanentlyDismissed(true); | ||
| if (nativeResumeCompactionDismissed && resumeCompactionEnabled) { |
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🟡 Medium components/ChatView.tsx:4183
After a thread has a resolved “Don't ask again” request, enabling claudeResumeCompactionEnabled is immediately undone, so users cannot keep the setting enabled. nativeResumeCompactionDismissed scans historical resolved requests, and this effect writes false every time the setting becomes true; process each dismissal only once instead of replaying it on re-enablement.
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In file @apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx around line 4183:
After a thread has a resolved “Don't ask again” request, enabling `claudeResumeCompactionEnabled` is immediately undone, so users cannot keep the setting enabled. `nativeResumeCompactionDismissed` scans historical resolved requests, and this effect writes `false` every time the setting becomes `true`; process each dismissal only once instead of replaying it on re-enablement.
ApprovabilityVerdict: Not approved Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR adds a user-facing, persisted switch that gates automatic compaction before sending and changes dismissal state from thread/provider-local storage to a global client setting. An unresolved functional concern shows historical dismissals can immediately undo re-enabling the setting, so the behavior and state transitions need human review. Not approved because:
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Problem
Since #16631 and #17127, a Claude thread over 100k tokens that has been idle for 70 minutes compacts before the next send. The chip turns that off for one send only. The permanent opt-out is a localStorage flag, and the only way to set it is answering "Don't ask again" in Claude's own resume prompt. #16631 notes that prompt has not appeared in real data since the v2 orchestrator. Users who would rather pay for a cold cache than lose history have no setting for this. #15769 is the earlier report of the same friction.
Expected: a user can turn the behavior off once and keep a plain send button in every Claude thread.
Change
claudeResumeCompactionEnabledclient setting, defaulttrue, shown as Compact old Claude threads in Settings > General with search terms and a reset button.ChatViewreads the setting where it read thet3code:resume-compaction-dismissed:*localStorage key, and the key is removed. Answering "Don't ask again" in the native prompt now turns the setting off.Scope and approval
This is a configuration option for an established capability: compact-before-send from #8144, #16631, and #17127. The default stays on, so nobody's behavior changes unless they turn it off. Off does exactly what the existing permanent dismissal already did, and the thresholds, the chip, and the send path are untouched. Server and mobile are untouched.
Users who set the old localStorage flag lose it, so the offer comes back until they turn the setting off. I chose not to migrate it because the flag was per environment and per provider instance, and the setting is per client.
Verification
vp test run packages/contracts/src/settings.test.ts apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.test.ts apps/web/src/components/chat/ContextWindowMeter.logic.test.ts: 243 passed, including a new decode test for the default and the opt-out.tsc --noEmitis clean forapps/webandpackages/contracts.vp lintreports no new warnings in the changed files.vp run dev --home-dir <tmp>) with the thresholds lowered locally to 1 token and 0 minutes (not committed). I ran one Claude Haiku 5.5 turn, typed a draft, and captured the same thread and draft with the setting on and off. The switch kept its value across a reload.Settings row:
Setting on. The composer shows the Compact 122k chip, and the send button's tooltip reads "Summarize 122k tokens of history, then send" (accessible name "Compact and send"):
Setting off. Same thread and draft. The chip is gone, and the send button is a plain "Submit message":
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