Idle after compaction

“It shouldn't drop to an idle prompt and wait for the user.”

Is this your bug? What gets counted gets fixed. Pile on.

Paste this into your agent. It files your report, with your error and version.

I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/claude-code/issues/21136/file
Follow it to file my report. Show me the text before you send.

No install. No account. Public and anonymous. The link asks your agent for one report, nothing else. What it sends

Session goes idle after compaction with work unfinished. After compaction completes, the agent sits idle with open todos or announced work, until the user types a message such as "great".

Is this your bug?

File my report

Where: Context compaction
Versions: 2.1.308 to 2.1.310
Platforms: Linux, macOS
How bad: Breaks a normal workflow.

Part of: Auto-compaction loses session context6 bugs

Auto-compaction loses session context6 people
Autocompact thrashing ends session3 people
Auto-compaction fires early3 people
Idle auto-compaction35 people
Opus 4.6 context capped at 200K12 people

Not quite your bug?

Pre-compaction messages disappear3 people
Memory and protocol files not reloaded after context compaction1 person

Original reports2, newest first

Oct 24, 2026Session goes idle after auto-compaction instead of continuing the work the assistant just announced#104920
Oct 22, 2026Manual /compact during in-progress work leaves the agent idle; a filler message is needed to resume#104378