Session Fullness Tracking - Feature Status

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  "title": "Session Fullness Tracking - Feature Status",
  "description": "Summary of session fullness tracking feature status and related work",
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    "output": "<div style=\"background:#1e1e1e;color:#e0e0e0;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;font-family:'Consolas','Monaco',monospace;\">\n<h2 style=\"font-family:sans-serif;color:#fff;margin:0 0 16px 0;\">📊 Session Fullness Tracking - Feature Status</h2>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-family:sans-serif;color:#61afef;margin:16px 0 12px 0;\">Current State: <span style=\"color:#e5c07b;\">Partially Implemented</span></h3>\n\n<p style=\"color:#abb2bf;line-height:1.6;\">The session fullness/context management feature has <strong>groundwork in place</strong> but is <strong>not yet surfaced as a user-facing feature</strong> for deciding when to create a new session.</p>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-family:sans-serif;color:#98c379;margin:16px 0 12px 0;\">✅ What's Already Built</h3>\n\n<table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:12px 0;\">\n<tr style=\"background:#2d2d2d;\"><th style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px;color:#e5c07b;border-bottom:1px solid #444;\">Component</th><th style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px;color:#e5c07b;border-bottom:1px solid #444;\">Status</th><th style=\"text-align:left;padding:8px;color:#e5c07b;border-bottom:1px solid #444;\">Location</th></tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #333;\"><span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">StatusLine Token Capture</span></td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #333;\"><span style=\"color:#98c379;\">✅ Working</span></td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #333;\"><code style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:2px 6px;border-radius:4px;\">bin/statusline-token-tracker.sh</code></td></tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #333;\"><span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">Context Window Size</span></td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #333;\"><span style=\"color:#98c379;\">✅ Captured</span></td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #333;\"><code style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:2px 6px;border-radius:4px;\">context_window.context_window_size</code></td></tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #333;\"><span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">Current Token Usage</span></td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #333;\"><span style=\"color:#98c379;\">✅ Captured</span></td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #333;\"><code style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:2px 6px;border-radius:4px;\">context_window.current_usage</code></td></tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #333;\"><span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">Usage % Calculation</span></td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #333;\"><span style=\"color:#98c379;\">✅ Working</span></td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #333;\">Displayed in status line</td></tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #333;\"><span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">Auto-Compact Detection</span></td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #333;\"><span style=\"color:#98c379;\">✅ Working</span></td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #333;\"><code style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:2px 6px;border-radius:4px;\">konsole/src/stream.ts:665</code></td></tr>\n<tr><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #333;\"><span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">Raw StatusLine Storage</span></td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #333;\"><span style=\"color:#98c379;\">✅ Working</span></td><td style=\"padding:8px;border-bottom:1px solid #333;\"><code style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:2px 6px;border-radius:4px;\">konsole/data/statusline-raw.jsonl</code></td></tr>\n</table>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-family:sans-serif;color:#e5c07b;margin:16px 0 12px 0;\">⏳ What's NOT Built Yet</h3>\n\n<ul style=\"color:#abb2bf;line-height:1.8;padding-left:20px;\">\n<li><strong>Session fullness indicator in UI</strong> - No visual display of how \"full\" the context is</li>\n<li><strong>Auto-prompt for new session</strong> - No prompt when context is getting full (e.g., >80%)</li>\n<li><strong>PreCompact hook</strong> - Not detecting when compaction is ABOUT to happen</li>\n<li><strong>Fullness-based session decisions</strong> - No logic to suggest/create new session based on context usage</li>\n</ul>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-family:sans-serif;color:#c678dd;margin:16px 0 12px 0;\">📄 Relevant VIBE.md Backlog Items</h3>\n\n<pre style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:12px;border-radius:6px;overflow-x:auto;line-height:1.6;color:#abb2bf;\">\n<span style=\"color:#e5c07b;font-weight:bold;\">konui/VIBE.md Backlog #4:</span>\n<span style=\"color:#98c379;\">\"PreCompact hook for precise compaction tracking\"</span>\n- Add hook to detect compaction start\n- Problem: compact_boundary is a marker, not start/end pair\n- Solution: Add PreCompact hook that fires BEFORE compaction\n- Enables: Duration = boundary_time - hook_time\n- Bonus: StatusLine context drop detection as secondary confirmation\n\n<span style=\"color:#e5c07b;font-weight:bold;\">konui/VIBE.md Backlog #8 (Context Management):</span>\n<span style=\"color:#98c379;\">\"Context analysis\"</span>\n- Token usage trends, \"context health\"\n- Context snapshots - bookmark, fork, restore\n- Session forking - branch from a snapshot\n</pre>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-family:sans-serif;color:#61afef;margin:16px 0 12px 0;\">💡 How the Data Flows Today</h3>\n\n<pre style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:12px;border-radius:6px;overflow-x:auto;line-height:1.6;color:#e0e0e0;\">\n<span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">Claude CLI</span> → StatusLine (every 300ms)\n    │\n    ├─→ <span style=\"color:#e5c07b;\">statusline-token-tracker.sh</span>\n    │       │\n    │       ├─ Calculate: <span style=\"color:#98c379;\">PERCENT_USED = (input + output) / context_size * 100</span>\n    │       │\n    │       ├─ POST full JSON → <span style=\"color:#61afef;\">konsole /statusline</span>\n    │       │                       │\n    │       │                       └─→ <span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">statusline-raw.jsonl</span>\n    │       │\n    │       └─ Display: <span style=\"color:#7f848e;\">[Model] 42% | $0.0123 | 15K in/8K out</span>\n    │\n    └─→ Stream events (if compacting detected)\n            │\n            └─→ <span style=\"color:#e5c07b;\">auto_compact</span> / <span style=\"color:#e5c07b;\">auto_compact_end</span> events\n</pre>\n\n<h3 style=\"font-family:sans-serif;color:#98c379;margin:16px 0 12px 0;\">🎯 Recommended Next Steps</h3>\n\n<ol style=\"color:#abb2bf;line-height:1.8;padding-left:20px;\">\n<li><strong>Surface % in status bar</strong> - Show context fullness % in the dashboard status bar</li>\n<li><strong>Threshold warning</strong> - At 70-80%, show yellow warning; at 90%+ show red + \"New Session?\" prompt</li>\n<li><strong>Track compaction events</strong> - Log when auto-compaction happens to correlate with context drops</li>\n<li><strong>Session health metric</strong> - Add to telemetry: avg context fullness at turn start</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p style=\"color:#7f848e;margin-top:16px;font-style:italic;\">The infrastructure is in place - we're capturing the data. The missing piece is surfacing it in the UI and adding decision logic.</p>\n\n</div>",
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        "label": "Add fullness to status bar",
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        "label": "View statusline data",
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        "label": "Add to backlog",
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  "createdBy": "claude",
  "createdAt": "2026-01-09T10:33:35.704Z",
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