Brief, mostly signal

Reddit reports Claude.ai compaction now wipes the whole window

The user says compaction no longer trims the top of the window and asks for the partial behavior back. No official fix or workaround is confirmed.

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What the research found

A Reddit user reports Claude.ai compaction now wipes the whole window instead of trimming the top, and asks for a way to restore the old partial behavior; no official fix or workaround is confirmed in the post.

Claims and how well the evidence supports them

Claude.ai compaction now clears the entire window instead of only the top part 96%
Users are asking for a way to restore the old partial compaction behavior 95%

Evidence

reddit.com https://reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1xdj1mb/workaround_needed_why_cant_we_just_compact_a_part

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