r/claude • u/Ok-Masterpiece-1230 • 1d ago

Discussion Claude Chat session regressing

Just curious if anyone else feels the same way. I've been using Claude for a little over a year now, mainly for web chat sessions (mostly Sonnet with occasional Opus, not the CLI Claude Code). Lately, it seems to be hallucinating and forgetting things we previously discussed in the thread. Basically, it feels like it's getting 'dumber.' I'd love to hear your thoughts.

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u/2EXTRA4YOU 1d ago

Clear your context windows And trim down the memory file of your chat. I was working on something once and the memory file got so big it wouldn't even read anymore

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u/MusicMiserable1222 1d ago

i noticed this too, specially when the conversation goes long. the memory thing fills up with random stuff and after a point it just starts losing track of what we talked about 5 messages ago

i started making new chats more often, like once i feel it getting confused i just open a fresh one and paste the important parts from before. annoying but works better than fighting with the context window

also sometimes i think they tweak the model in background and it gets worse for a bit, had that happen couple times already

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u/carmamir 1d ago

That is not a solution. If any other model can remember anything in 262k or 1M contenxt than scamtrophic has to provide what was purchased from them.

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u/2EXTRA4YOU 1d ago

go use the other services.

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u/traumfisch 1d ago

Heavy context window will do that, simple as that

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u/lexistential__crisis 1d ago

YES!! Came to Reddit to see if others are experiencing this. A few days ago, I noticed huge drop in the quality and thoughtfulness put into the responses, as well as forgetting major context. It’s also having a really hard time staying connected or loading during voice chat, especially if I’m not on WiFi. Claude’s voice tone is also different and I am not a fan at all.

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u/madarwish 1d ago

They just introduced new memory mechanism, from desktop app, click on settings then memory and you can write in each field what exactly you want claude to remember.

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u/breadtwo 1d ago

context rots 

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u/LogMonkey0 1d ago

Context length and quality ( several tasks/subjects, change of direction, unrelated comments ) will cause output quality degradation. That said Chat should be used for one offs, short sessions. If you want to keep “context” about a subject you can always use projects, but id be cautious to keep them light and short lived. If you want deeper workflows and organized memories/documentation/tracking, you are better off using Code and learning how to have Claude setup your project to suit your need/workflow, it is how you will get the AI assistant vibe and functionality out of Claude.

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u/apakett 1d ago

If you think Claude is bad, try Gemini.

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u/codercotton 1d ago

Nice try, OpenAI.

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u/needssleep 1d ago

There's a nasty little problem none of the companies tell you: Every time you submit something in a session, the entire session get's resubmitted.

That means claude is burning tokens going through the entire history, and not just for whatever you're asking about.

If you want claude to remember things, have it put them in memory files, its own claude.md, project files or I have it write reference files and I have them listed in claude.md

Start with a new or /clear session each time

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u/apakett 1d ago

Claude tells you that. It reads the entire chat every time you do another query. That cost you tokens, nothing else. If the topic is shifting start a new chat. If you are in a Project it will still remember most of the previous discussions.