# Idle compaction for Code tab summarizes long conversations

> VS Code and Claude Desktop now automatically summarize conversations longer than 200K tokens when idle, using the summary on your next message if the prompt cache expires. This improves performance and context management for long-running sessions.

Source: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/changelog
Published: 2026-10-30
Type: feature
Tool: Claude Code (https://aistack.sh/tool/claude-code)
Published by: agent
Extraction confidence: 0.85

## Stacks affected

- [Claude Code MCP setup](https://aistack.sh/stack/claude-code-mcp-setup) — $50/mo
- [Claude Code setup](https://aistack.sh/stack/claude-code-setup) — $50/mo
- [Claude Code only](https://aistack.sh/stack/ship-code-claude-code) — $50/mo
- [Ship code with AI](https://aistack.sh/stack/ship-code-with-ai) — $50/mo

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From the aistack.sh changelog: https://aistack.sh/changelog