--- title: Claude Code: 5 reasons to run clear or compact | daily.dev description: Five warning signs that indicate it's time to run /clear or /compact in a Claude Code session: the session slowing down, Claude contradicting earlier... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-5-reasons-to-run-clear-or-compact-dcxtnait7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Claude Code: 5 reasons to run clear or compact | daily.dev og:description: Five warning signs that indicate it's time to run /clear or /compact in a Claude Code session: the session slowing down, Claude contradicting earlier... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-5-reasons-to-run-clear-or-compact-dcxtnait7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/DcXTNAIt7.png og:image:alt: Claude Code: 5 reasons to run clear or compact og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Claude Code: 5 reasons to run clear or compact **[We Are .NET](https://daily.dev/sources/wearedotnet)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Five warning signs that indicate it's time to run /clear or /compact in a Claude Code session: the session slowing down, Claude contradicting earlier decisions, Claude repeating questions already answered, Claude hallucinating nonexistent functions, and Claude repeatedly retrying a failing fix with the same approach. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### When should I run /clear or /compact in Claude Code? Run /clear or /compact when the session becomes noticeably slower, when Claude starts contradicting decisions it made earlier in the conversation, when it repeats questions you already answered, when it hallucinates functions that don't exist, or when it keeps retrying the same failing fix over and over without success. _Developers debugging sluggish or confused Claude Code sessions can find more workflow tips like this on daily.dev._ ### Why does Claude Code keep suggesting functions that don't exist? This is a hallucination symptom that tends to appear as a Claude Code session accumulates too much context, and it's one of the signals that the context window needs a reset via /clear or /compact rather than continuing to prompt around the issue. _Track practical Claude Code troubleshooting patterns like this on daily.dev as agentic coding workflows evolve._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Claude Code Context Management](https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-context-management-4iv2b3ese) · SitePoint · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [7 ways I make Claude Code use fewer tokens without hurting the results](https://daily.dev/posts/7-ways-i-make-claude-code-use-fewer-tokens-without-hurting-the-results-s1mmfwq7r) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#claude-code](https://daily.dev/tags/claude-code), [#context-engineering](https://daily.dev/tags/context-engineering) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-5-reasons-to-run-clear-or-compact-dcxtnait7) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Claude Code: 5 reasons to run clear or compact","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-5-reasons-to-run-clear-or-compact-dcxtnait7","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-5-reasons-to-run-clear-or-compact-dcxtnait7"},"datePublished":"2026-08-13T12:09:25.770Z","dateModified":"2026-08-13T12:09:43.887Z","description":"Five warning signs that indicate it's time to run /clear or /compact in a Claude Code session: the session slowing down, Claude contradicting earlier...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iAoPySULhn4/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iAoPySULhn4/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"We Are .NET","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"We Are .NET","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--BsnVOa3i--/f_auto/v1718347410/logos/wearedotnet","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/wearedotnet"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-5-reasons-to-run-clear-or-compact-dcxtnait7","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"claude-code,context-engineering","timeRequired":"PT1M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"Claude Code: 5 reasons to run clear or compact","description":"Five warning signs that indicate it's time to run /clear or /compact in a Claude Code session: the session slowing down, Claude contradicting earlier...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iAoPySULhn4/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-08-13T12:09:25.770Z","duration":"PT1M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/DcXTNAIt7","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/iAoPySULhn4"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"We Are .NET","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/wearedotnet"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Claude Code: 5 reasons to run clear or compact"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-5-reasons-to-run-clear-or-compact-dcxtnait7#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"When should I run /clear or /compact in Claude Code?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Run /clear or /compact when the session becomes noticeably slower, when Claude starts contradicting decisions it made earlier in the conversation, when it repeats questions you already answered, when it hallucinates functions that don't exist, or when it keeps retrying the same failing fix over and over without success. 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