Claude Design error blocks moving long context into a new chat

on the macOS showed a “Failed to update ” error when starting a new chat from a with existing context. The first hit the problem when a third chat was being started.

A second was created with most of the original assets, and that one worked through a long chat that produced several new designs. Later, the app suggested starting a new chat to reduce about 608,000 tokens of context while keeping the project and files in place.

Clicking the new chat button caused the same error on the second . The practical failure point was the handoff from a long working chat into a fresh chat tied to the same .

Key points

  • on macOS failed when starting a new chat from a with context.
  • The first failed around the third chat.
  • A rebuilt later hit the same error after a long chat.
  • The app said a new chat could save about 608,000 tokens of context.
  • Token-saving chat handoff can fail when project state is tied to a .
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