claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix Compaction hangs indefinitely — session completely frozen, requires terminal kill [1 comments, 2 participants]

Compaction completes (or times out with an error) and the session resumes. Indefinite hang. No timeout, no error, no recovery path short of killing the terminal.

TL;DR

Disabling auto-compaction by setting "autoCompact": false in the settings file may prevent the freezing issue.

Guidance

• Verify that the issue is indeed related to compaction by checking if disabling auto-compaction resolves the problem.
• Try running the /compact command manually to see if it freezes the session consistently.
• Check if there are any other settings or configurations that could be contributing to the freezing issue.
• Consider reporting the issue to the developers with detailed steps to reproduce, as it may be a bug that needs to be fixed.

Example

No code snippet is provided as it is not necessary for this issue.

Notes

The provided workaround may not be a permanent solution, as it disables a potentially useful feature. The root cause of the issue is still unknown and may require further investigation.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: disabling auto-compaction seems to prevent the freezing issue, and it is a safe and easy change to make while waiting for a potential fix.