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Cline 4.1.19 stops guessing when to compact

The compaction trigger had compared a character-based estimate of the conversation, around three characters per token, against the model's context limit. Content that tokenizes denser — disassembly, image dumps, minified sources — filled the real window while the estimate stayed under the threshold, compaction never fired, and the turn was squeezed into a handful of output tokens. The trigger now also uses the token count the provider reports.6

Relevant to: Anyone pointing Cline at minified bundles, binaries or screenshots and watching long tasks die quietly.

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  1. Cline v4.1.19 release notes — compaction trigger and image handling · read
Originally part of the 18 September 2026 edition.

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