95% Claude Context Usage in 1 Discord Message
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I hit the error message:
Even though I literally just set up Claude. I run
Why is this happening? Does OpenClaw just sent all the Discord message history to the LLM whenever I ask it to do something? And how do I control how much context should be sent?
Most importantly, is there a way to clear the session's message so I can start fresh again?
Sessions
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β Key β Kind β Age β Model β Tokens β
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β agent:main:discord:channel:1475β¦ β group β 7m ago β claude-sonnet-4-6 β 190k/200k (95%) β
β agent:clawculus:discord:channelβ¦ β group β 2h ago β gpt-5.1-codex β 72k/400k (18%) Β·
276% cached β
β agent:clawculus:cron:3306be2c-9β¦ β direct β 2h ago β gpt-5.1-codex β 17k/400k (4%) Β· 972% cached β
β agent:clawculus:cron:3306be2c-9β¦ β direct β 2h ago β gpt-5.1-codex β 17k/400k (4%) Β· 972% cached β
β agent:clawculus:cron:3ae3f804-aβ¦ β direct β 2h ago β gemini-3-pro-preview β 36k/1000k (4%) Β· 195% cached β
β agent:clawculus:cron:3ae3f804-aβ¦ β direct β 2h ago β gemini-3-pro-preview β 36k/1000k (4%) Β· 195% cached β
β agent:main:discord:direct:19027β¦ β direct β 17h ago β gemini-3-pro-preview β 102k/1000k (10%) Β· 274% cached β
β agent:main:discord:channel:1475β¦ β group β 17h ago β claude-sonnet-4-6 β unknown/200k (?%) β
β agent:main:discord:channel:1902β¦ β group β 17h ago β claude-sonnet-4-6 β unknown/200k (?%) β
β agent:clawculus:cron:3ae3f804-aβ¦ β direct β 24h ago β gpt-5.1-codex β 16k/400k (4%) Β· 656% cached β
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Even though I literally just set up Claude. I run
openclaw status --deepWhy is this happening? Does OpenClaw just sent all the Discord message history to the LLM whenever I ask it to do something? And how do I control how much context should be sent?
Most importantly, is there a way to clear the session's message so I can start fresh again?
Sessions
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β Key β Kind β Age β Model β Tokens β
ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββΌβββββββββΌββββββββββΌβββββββββββββββββββββββΌββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ€
β agent:main:discord:channel:1475β¦ β group β 7m ago β claude-sonnet-4-6 β 190k/200k (95%) β
β agent:clawculus:discord:channelβ¦ β group β 2h ago β gpt-5.1-codex β 72k/400k (18%) Β·
276% cached ββ agent:clawculus:cron:3306be2c-9β¦ β direct β 2h ago β gpt-5.1-codex β 17k/400k (4%) Β·
972% cached ββ agent:clawculus:cron:3306be2c-9β¦ β direct β 2h ago β gpt-5.1-codex β 17k/400k (4%) Β·
972% cached ββ agent:clawculus:cron:3ae3f804-aβ¦ β direct β 2h ago β gemini-3-pro-preview β 36k/1000k (4%) Β·
195% cached ββ agent:clawculus:cron:3ae3f804-aβ¦ β direct β 2h ago β gemini-3-pro-preview β 36k/1000k (4%) Β·
195% cached ββ agent:main:discord:direct:19027β¦ β direct β 17h ago β gemini-3-pro-preview β 102k/1000k (10%) Β·
274% cached ββ agent:main:discord:channel:1475β¦ β group β 17h ago β claude-sonnet-4-6 β unknown/200k (?%) β
β agent:main:discord:channel:1902β¦ β group β 17h ago β claude-sonnet-4-6 β unknown/200k (?%) β
β agent:clawculus:cron:3ae3f804-aβ¦ β direct β 24h ago β gpt-5.1-codex β 16k/400k (4%) Β·
656% cached βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ΄βββββββββ΄ββββββββββ΄βββββββββββββββββββββββ΄ββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ
Solution
That error is basically: your session prompt got huge (190k/200k), you hit provider 429s, and OpenClaw backed off by putting every tried provider/profile into cooldown β so failover had nowhere left to go.
- System prompt (tools + tool schemas + your injected workspace files)
- This sessionβs conversation transcript (everything since the last
- Tool calls/results (can be large)
- On Discord specifically it can also include a limited recent-message backfill:
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Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels/discord#history-context-and-thread-behavior
So if your session transcript is already massive (or you pasted big logs / tool output), the next request can easily be ~190k input tokens, and that is what triggers rate limits.
1) Is OpenClaw sending βall Discord historyβ every time?
Not all, but it does send a lot of context:- System prompt (tools + tool schemas + your injected workspace files)
- This sessionβs conversation transcript (everything since the last
/new/reset- Tool calls/results (can be large)
- On Discord specifically it can also include a limited recent-message backfill:
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channels.discord.historyLimit0Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels/discord#history-context-and-thread-behavior
So if your session transcript is already massive (or you pasted big logs / tool output), the next request can easily be ~190k input tokens, and that is what triggers rate limits.
2) Why did it burn 190k tokens in ~7 minutes?
The190k/200k (95%)openclaw status --deep
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