Brief, mostly signal

Claude chats fail with 'conversation too long' within a few messages

A user reports the error in new sessions and loops on retry. No version, cause or fix is given, so it is unconfirmed.

What the research found

User report of Claude chats failing with 'This conversation is too long to continue' within 2-3 messages in new sessions, looping within a request even after retry; no version, cause or fix is given, so it is an unconfirmed user-side symptom.

Claims and how well the evidence supports them

Users see 'This conversation is too long to continue' within 2-3 messages in new chats 96%
The error loops within the same request even after retry 98%

Evidence

reddit.com https://reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1xbreq6/this_conversation_is_too_long_to_continue

Actionability rated medium.