fix: suggest /clear in context overflow error message (#12973)

* fix: suggest /reset in context overflow error message

When the context window overflows, the error message now suggests
using /reset to clear session history, giving users an actionable
recovery path instead of a dead-end error.

Closes #12940

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: suggest /reset in context overflow error message (#12973) (thanks @RamiNoodle733)

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Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Rami Abdelrazzaq <RamiNoodle733@users.noreply.github.com>
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Rami Abdelrazzaq
2026-02-09 20:44:37 -06:00
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commit c2b2d535fb
3 changed files with 5 additions and 5 deletions

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@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ export function formatAssistantErrorText(
if (isContextOverflowError(raw)) {
return (
"Context overflow: prompt too large for the model. " +
"Try again with less input or a larger-context model."
"Try /reset (or /new) to start a fresh session, or use a larger-context model."
);
}
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ export function sanitizeUserFacingText(text: string, opts?: { errorContext?: boo
if (shouldRewriteContextOverflowText(trimmed)) {
return (
"Context overflow: prompt too large for the model. " +
"Try again with less input or a larger-context model."
"Try /reset (or /new) to start a fresh session, or use a larger-context model."
);
}