[BUG] Prompt is too long CRITICAL

[johngrabner]

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• This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
• I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

Since claude code update, get many of these
Prompt is too long

my prompt was "do it"
but obviously it did something else internally.

here is the console

do it
Edit file.hbs
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Edit failed
12345
12345
Read file.hbs (lines 10890-10894)
Edit file.hbs
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Modified
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12345
Prompt is too long
invalid date is displayed, lastmodiified is in Date().now() format, ie ms since epoch start
Prompt is too long

What Should Happen?

almost not usable with this bug.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

Just use it

Claude Model

None

Is this a regression?

Yes, this worked in a previous version

Last Working Version

this morning before the update

Claude Code Version

2.0.1 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Ubuntu/Debian Linux

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

dropping /status makes it fustrating to get revisions

[github-actions]

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. [BUG] 400 Input is too long for requested model with global.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929-v1:0 #8637
2. [Bug] Anthropic API Error: Conversation Length Limit Exceeded Unexpectedly #8608
3. [BUG]API Error: Context limit exceeded makes tool unusable in longer sessions #6559

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