In a long conversation, Claude seems to "forget" something you mention — Claude 101 Practice — Claude Cert Academy

In a long conversation, Claude seems to "forget" something you mentioned early on. The most likely reason is:

• Claude flagged that message as unimportant and ignored it
• Your internet connection dropped during the conversation
• Claude deliberately avoids repeating information from earlier turns
• The early message was pushed outside the active context window as the conversation grew

Answer: The early message was pushed outside the active context window as the conversation grew

Context windows have finite capacity. As a conversation grows, older tokens are dropped. Once outside the window, those messages no longer influence Claude.

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