Session Management & History Performance

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  "type": "general",
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  "title": "Session Management & History Performance",
  "description": "Explaining what you lose with new sessions and ideas for history optimization",
  "context": {
    "output": "<div style=\"background:#1e1e1e;color:#e0e0e0;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;font-family:'Consolas','Monaco',monospace;\"><h2 style=\"font-family:sans-serif;color:#fff;margin:0 0 16px 0;\">Session Management & History Performance</h2><div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\"><h4 style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;color:#61afef;\">What You Lose With a New Session</h4><table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px;color:#f97316;border-bottom:1px solid #444;width:140px;\">Context Memory</td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px;color:#e0e0e0;border-bottom:1px solid #444;\">Claude forgets our conversation - what we're working on, decisions made, files discussed</td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px;color:#f97316;border-bottom:1px solid #444;\">TODO State</td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px;color:#e0e0e0;border-bottom:1px solid #444;\">In-progress tasks are lost - have to re-explain what we were doing</td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px;color:#f97316;border-bottom:1px solid #444;\">Learned Patterns</td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px;color:#e0e0e0;border-bottom:1px solid #444;\">Preferences discovered during the session (e.g., \"use dark theme for kontasks\")</td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px;color:#98c379;\">What You Keep</td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px;color:#e0e0e0;\">CLAUDE.md instructions, file system state, git history, kontask history</td></tr></table></div><div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\"><h4 style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;color:#e5c07b;\">When To Start Fresh</h4><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.8;\"><li><strong>Good times:</strong> Switching to unrelated task, context getting stale, performance issues</li><li><strong>Bad times:</strong> Mid-debugging, multi-step implementation, complex refactoring</li></ul><p style=\"color:#9ca3af;margin:12px 0 0 0;\">Claude auto-compacts when context gets too large (the purple \"Compacting\" state). This is usually sufficient.</p></div><div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\"><h4 style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;color:#c678dd;\">The Real Problem: UI Performance</h4><p style=\"color:#e0e0e0;margin:0 0 8px 0;\">You're right - the page gets huge because:</p><ol style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;color:#e0e0e0;line-height:1.8;\"><li>Each kontask card is rendered inline with full HTML output</li><li>History grows unbounded in localStorage + DOM</li><li>No virtualization or lazy loading</li></ol></div><div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\"><h4 style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;color:#98c379;\">Optimization Ideas</h4><table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;\"><tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px;color:#61afef;border-bottom:1px solid #444;width:180px;\">Reverse-order loading</td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px;color:#e0e0e0;border-bottom:1px solid #444;\">Show last N items, load older on scroll-up</td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px;color:#61afef;border-bottom:1px solid #444;\">Collapsed by default</td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px;color:#e0e0e0;border-bottom:1px solid #444;\">Old response groups start collapsed, only show prompt line</td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px;color:#61afef;border-bottom:1px solid #444;\">Virtualized list</td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px;color:#e0e0e0;border-bottom:1px solid #444;\">Only render visible items (complex to implement)</td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px;color:#61afef;border-bottom:1px solid #444;\">History limit</td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px;color:#e0e0e0;border-bottom:1px solid #444;\">Keep last 20 response groups, prune older</td></tr><tr><td style=\"padding:8px 12px;color:#61afef;\">Clear History button</td><td style=\"padding:8px 12px;color:#e0e0e0;\">Manual cleanup (keeps session, clears UI)</td></tr></table></div><div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;\"><h4 style=\"margin:0 0 8px 0;color:#fff;\">Quick Win vs Proper Fix</h4><p style=\"color:#e0e0e0;margin:0 0 8px 0;\"><strong>Quick:</strong> Add \"Clear History\" button that clears localStorage history but keeps konsole session. Page becomes fast, Claude keeps context.</p><p style=\"color:#9ca3af;margin:0;\"><strong>Proper:</strong> Implement collapsed-by-default for old groups + history limit. Want me to implement one of these?</p></div></div>",
    "requestedAt": "2026-01-02T09:50:00Z",
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  "createdBy": "claude",
  "createdAt": "2026-01-02T10:00:58.600Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-01-02T10:00:58.751Z",
  "requestId": "f5989d27-b036-4854-a716-f59570feb91d",
  "scope": "vibetools",
  "tags": [
    "console",
    "performance",
    "sessions"
  ],
  "targetUser": "claude"
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