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Running /autocompact 400k in a Claude thread changed when Claude compacts, but the thread's context meter still measured usage against the model's full 1M window. Claude Code saves that command per model in its own settings files, and T3 only read its own provider setting.

This is a focused bug fix: after a documented Claude command, the meter reports the wrong remaining context.

T3 now reads the window from Claude's local, project, and user settings files, after its own setting. In each file, the per-model value from /autocompact replaces the top-level one, and "auto" keeps Claude's default. The adapter now reports that window as the context size when it is below the model's, so the web meter and Thread details read "of 400k", as Claude's own /context does. The threshold stays the window minus 33k from #22654, and the tooltip and handoff budget still use it. No client code changes.

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  • Adapter tests cover a per-model window beating the top-level one, project settings beating user settings, a per-model "auto" reset, T3's setting beating all files, and fractional values being ignored. The settings-file cases fail on main.
  • Out of scope: a window set only through CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_COMPACT_WINDOW or launch flags still shows the full model window, as on main.
  • A real Haiku turn in a project with a 100k per-model window showed "33k of 100k tokens used".

In collaboration with Opus 5.5 using Claude Code for implementation and GPT-6.1 Sol using Codex for verification.

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Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — The context meter now reflects Claude’s configured auto-compaction window, including model-specific settings. The change affects usage reporting and display without changing actual compaction behavior or product configuration defaults.

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Minor Use the query’s effective working directory when cwd is null.
Minor Resolve the auto-compaction window before opening the query.

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- Line 4646: Update the settings-file selection branch so that when `cwd` is
null, it resolves the effective working directory used by
`makeClaudeQueryOptions` before checking for `.claude/settings.json`; retain the
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- Around line 10481-10484: In startTurn, resolve the auto-compaction window with
resolveAutoCompactWindow before calling openQuery; keep the resolved window
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Claude resolves a numeric auto-compaction window for each turn from settings files and uses it in token-usage updates. Web context-window calculations use the auto-compaction threshold when available instead of the provider’s maximum token count.

Changes: Claude context window

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Resolve the per-turn auto-compaction window
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts
Claude decodes numeric and "auto" values and resolves the window from settings files in precedence order. A positive T3 setting takes precedence; otherwise, model-specific values take precedence over the same file’s top-level value. Tests cover settings precedence and project settings lookup.
Use the resolved window in token usage
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.test.ts
Token-usage and compaction updates use the active turn’s resolved window. The usage function accepts an optional numeric window. Tests update related arguments and fixtures.
Use the threshold in context calculations
apps/web/src/lib/contextWindow.ts, apps/web/src/lib/contextWindow.test.ts
Live and provider-thread calculations prefer the auto-compaction threshold over the maximum token count when available. Tests check the resulting maximum, remaining tokens, and usage percentage.

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Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

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The meter can report the wrong context limit, and startup timing may offer an unintended continuation. Merge with awareness of these issues.

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apps/web/src/lib/contextWindow.ts: 1

104-105: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Add coverage for provider-thread thresholds.

The changed provider-thread path is not exercised by the updated test. Extend the existing provider-thread case with autoCompactThreshold: 150_000 and assert maxTokens, remainingTokens, and usedPercentage. This prevents a regression where live usage uses the threshold but restored Thread details uses maxTokens. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/lib/contextWindow.ts around lines 104 - 105:
Extend the existing provider-thread test case to include an autoCompactThreshold
of 150,000 and assert the resulting maxTokens, remainingTokens, and
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- Around line 2631-2633: Update ClaudeAutoCompactWindowSetting so decoded
numeric windows satisfy the positive-integer token-usage contract before
reaching claudeAutoCompactThreshold; reject or normalize fractional values while
preserving the "auto" option.
- Around line 4633-4634: Update the resolver for CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_COMPACT_WINDOW
to parse Claude-supported suffixed values such as “200k” as token counts, and
enforce Claude’s 100,000-token minimum before returning or storing the window.
Preserve handling of valid unsuffixed numeric values.
- Around line 4633-4634: Update the resolver around `fromEnvironment` so it
reads the effective `CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_COMPACT_WINDOW` value after applying
`--settings` and settings-file `env` overrides, rather than using only
`adapterOptions.environment`; report the window Claude actually uses.
- Around line 4640-4646: Update the auto-compact resolution around
decodeClaudeAutoCompactSettings to include the --autocompact launch argument,
honoring its documented precedence over settings-derived values so the resolved
token limit matches the value forwarded through extraArgs.

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- Around line 104-105: Extend the existing provider-thread test case to include
an autoCompactThreshold of 150,000 and assert the resulting maxTokens,
remainingTokens, and usedPercentage. Ensure the test covers restored Thread
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Addressed the nitpick in b792d6d: the existing provider-thread case in contextWindow.test.ts now sets autoCompactThreshold and asserts maxTokens and remainingTokens against it.

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Outside diff Resolve the inherited working directory for null-cwd turns.

4598-4611: Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Resolve the inherited working directory for null-cwd turns.

When runtimePolicy.cwd is null, the SDK omits cwd and settingSources, so Claude loads project and local settings from the process working directory. resolveAutoCompactWindow reads only the user settings file in that case. If the inherited directory has a different autoCompactWindow, the meter can report a different compaction window from Claude.

Suggested fix
-    for (const settingsFile of yield* settingsFilesByPrecedence(cwd)) {
+    for (const settingsFile of yield* settingsFilesByPrecedence(cwd ?? path.resolve("."))) {

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts
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Update settingsFilesByPrecedence so a null cwd uses the resolved process working
directory and follows the same project/local/user settings precedence as an
explicit cwd, rather than returning only the user settings file.
Outside diff Resolve relative CLAUDECONFIGDIR with the turn cwd.

4598-4611: Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Resolve relative CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR with the turn cwd.

When CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR is relative and the turn cwd differs from the server cwd, settingsFilesByPrecedence can read the wrong user settings file. resolveClaudeHomePath resolves the variable once without the turn cwd, but Claude receives the turn cwd as its process working directory and resolves the relative configuration path from there. The meter can therefore miss or use a different autoCompactWindow.

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   const settingsFilesByPrecedence = Effect.fn("ClaudeAdapterV2.settingsFilesByPrecedence")(
     function* (cwd: string | null) {
       if (cwd === null) return [path.join(homePath, "settings.json")];
       const localDirectory = yield* localSettingsDirectory(cwd);
+      const configDirOverride = adapterOptions.environment.CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR?.trim();
+      const userHomePath =
+        adapterOptions.settings.homePath.trim().length === 0 &&
+        configDirOverride !== undefined &&
+        configDirOverride.length > 0
+          ? path.resolve(cwd, configDirOverride)
+          : homePath;
       return [
         path.join(localDirectory, ".claude", "settings.local.json"),
         ...(localDirectory === cwd ? [] : [path.join(cwd, ".claude", "settings.local.json")]),
         path.join(cwd, ".claude", "settings.json"),
-        path.join(homePath, "settings.json"),
+        path.join(userHomePath, "settings.json"),
       ];
     },
   );

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Update settingsFilesByPrecedence to resolve a relative CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR against
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Minor · Keep the configured window as the context denominator. · contextWindow.ts:67

apps/web/src/lib/contextWindow.ts:67
Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Keep the configured window as the context denominator.

ClaudeAdapterV2 sends the model context as maxTokens and the reserve-adjusted compaction point as autoCompactThreshold. For a configured 100,000-token window, the current web code therefore displays used / 67,000 and calculates percentages and remaining tokens against 67,000. ThreadDetailsUsage uses the same value in its used of maxTokens text.

Return the effective configured window as the usage maxTokens, retain autoCompactThreshold for the separate compaction message, and make both web branches use maxTokens.

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diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/contextWindow.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/contextWindow.ts
@@
-    const maxTokens = liveUsage.autoCompactThreshold ?? liveUsage.maxTokens ?? null;
+    const maxTokens = liveUsage.maxTokens ?? null;
@@
-    const maxTokens =
-      asFiniteNumber(providerUsage.autoCompactThreshold) ?? asFiniteNumber(providerUsage.maxTokens);
+    const maxTokens = asFiniteNumber(providerUsage.maxTokens);

Update ClaudeAdapterV2 at the provider-turn and compaction-boundary serialization sites so maxTokens is the configured autoCompactWindow when it is below the model context, while claudeAutoCompactThreshold(...) continues to serialize the reserve-adjusted threshold separately.

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/lib/contextWindow.ts at line 67:
Update both usage branches in contextWindow so maxTokens comes from the reported
maxTokens, not autoCompactThreshold, and keep autoCompactThreshold for the
separate compaction message. In ClaudeAdapterV2, serialize the effective
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- Line 4646: Update the settings-file selection branch so that when `cwd` is
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- Around line 10481-10484: In startTurn, resolve the auto-compaction window with
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- Line 67: Update both usage branches in contextWindow so maxTokens comes from
the reported maxTokens, not autoCompactThreshold, and keep autoCompactThreshold
for the separate compaction message. In ClaudeAdapterV2, serialize the effective
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Like Claude's /context, the meter measures usage against the window, so
the web change is no longer needed. The window is also read before the
query opens.

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Fixed the outside-diff finding on contextWindow.ts:67 in 09c5ad7. The adapter now reports the configured window as maxTokens when it is below the model context, and keeps the reserve-adjusted autoCompactThreshold for the compaction text and handoff budget. The web change is reverted, so contextWindow.ts matches main again.

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