claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug] Multi-agent batch launches cause session context/history to disappear from UI [2 comments, 2 participants]

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TL;DR

Implementing pagination or limiting the amount of data read from files could resolve the MaxFileReadTokenExceededError.

Guidance

• The error messages indicate that the file content exceeds the maximum allowed tokens (10000), suggesting that the issue is related to reading large files.
• To mitigate this, consider using offset and limit parameters to read specific portions of the file, as suggested in the error messages.
• Review the code in cli.js at line 4307 to understand how file reading is implemented and where pagination or limiting can be applied.
• Test the application with smaller files or reduced tool calls to verify if the issue is indeed related to file size or data volume.

Example

No specific code example can be provided without knowing the exact implementation details of cli.js. However, the general approach would involve modifying the file reading function to accept offset and limit parameters, similar to:

function readFile(filePath, offset = 0, limit = 10000) {
  // Implementation to read the file with offset and limit
}

Notes

The provided error messages and code snippet are not sufficient to determine the exact cause or provide a precise fix. The suggestion to use pagination or limiting is based on the error message's recommendation.

Recommendation

Apply a workaround by implementing pagination or limiting the amount of data read from files, as this seems to be the most direct approach to resolve the MaxFileReadTokenExceededError based on the information provided.