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Compaction timing is no longer the system's call — developers now decide when history gets condensed.
Adrian Koch
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September 18, 2026
The official Claude Platform release notes added an entry on September 14, 2026: the Messages API can now compact a conversation on the server side at a moment the developer chooses, currently open for testing under the compact-2026-09-04 beta header. This feature extends the Compaction API that's existed since February 2026, but explicitly hands control over the triggering moment from...