Taming Terminal Costs with Claude Code Idle Compaction

E157 - Taming Terminal Costs with Claude Code Idle Compaction

Published: October 14, 2026

Duration: 4:47

Discover how Claude Code 2.1.299 introduces idle compaction to save you tokens and speed up your workflow after stepping away from the terminal. Lachlan and James break down the 54-minute cache window, configuration settings, and handy updates to hooks and file mentions.