Compaction appears to fire much earlier on accounts with the new update, and the usage tracker shows the context window cut after tool use. Data + how to check yours
TL;DR: On my accounts with the new update (no Chat/Cowork switch), long chats appear to compact far earlier than before. The Claude Usage Tracker Chrome extension (unofficial) also shows the context window dropping, e.g. 1M to 500K, after a chat uses artifacts or code execution. I suspect this is c…
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