PiClaw v2.6.12 — Safety Last!

PiClaw v2.6.12 — "Safety Last!"

A small compaction safety patch: interrupted auto-compactions now back off instead of repeatedly walking into the same rake, and automatic compaction stays on the smart path instead of taking an ill-advised scenic route through legacy behaviour.

Fixes

• Interrupted auto-compactions now back off, so recovery does not keep poking the same bruised context window and acting surprised when it winces.
• Auto compaction now stays on the smart-compaction path, preserving the newer guardrails instead of silently wandering into the older machinery like a tourist following bad signage.

Under the hood

• Web recovery and smart-compaction tests were expanded around interrupted compaction, retry/backoff, and smart-path routing.
• The recovery path now distinguishes “try again later” from “try again immediately and make it everyone’s problem”, which is a valuable distinction in both software and plumbing.

Known issues

• Context compaction is still a pressure valve, not magic; this patch makes it less overeager, not omniscient.
• Interrupted work can still be interrupted; the improvement is that the system now takes the hint before launching another interpretive retry.

Upgrade

• Upgrade normally; no migration step is required.
• If auto-compaction seems calmer after interruptions, that is intentional and arguably overdue.