From 8ce4c507a41293b9960a68501b603da048642aa7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shoubhit Dash <shoubhit2005@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 15:04:30 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(session): simplify compaction failure message

---
 packages/opencode/src/session/prompt.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/session/prompt.ts b/packages/opencode/src/session/prompt.ts
index 46a40de3dc..f36d5f7871 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/session/prompt.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/session/prompt.ts
@@ -1697,7 +1697,7 @@ NOTE: At any point in time through this workflow you should feel free to ask the
 
           const error = new MessageV2.ContextOverflowError({
             message:
-              "Automatic compaction did not reduce the session below the model context limit. Remove large or uncompressible context, clear/restart the session, or run compaction again after reducing the conversation size.",
+              "Automatic compaction could not reduce this session enough to continue. Please start a new session.",
           }).toObject()
           yield* slog.info("auto compaction blocked", { boundary })
           if (input.assistant) {