[Bug] Auto-Compact triggers prematurely with reduced context window

[jward7]

Bug Description You nerfed the context window. No where near as much time passes before a compact. I can barely complete a feature now and write tests for it without a compact.

Environment Info

• Platform: darwin
• Terminal: tmux
• Version: 2.0.44
• Feedback ID: 89e311aa-202e-48fc-8f10-7874680c6c30

Errors

[{"error":"Error: NON-FATAL: Lock acquisition failed for /Users/jward/.local/share/claude/versions/2.0.44 (expected in multi-process scenarios)\n    at HiE (/$bunfs/root/claude:2254:1514)\n    at XtA (/$bunfs/root/claude:2252:12590)\n    at async E3M (/$bunfs/root/claude:2252:13796)\n    at async iy (/$bunfs/root/claude:2254:235)\n    at async <anonymous> (/$bunfs/root/claude:2254:12373)\n    at processTicksAndRejections (native:7:39)","timestamp":"2025-11-18T07:50:45.997Z"}]

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Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/11817
2. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/10218
3. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/10301

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[kirso]

Yep, same issue here its so annoying: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/11817#issuecomment-3544923878

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