Claude Code forgets. claude-mem remembers fragments. MemPalace compresses until you can't trace back. lossless-code remembers everything.
What's new in v1.2
The v1.2 release delivers three composing layers on top of the v1.1 vault and dream cycle:
- Compaction-aware reference bundle. SessionStart now emits a token-budgeted reference bundle (default 1000 tokens, configurable via
bundleTokenBudget) instead of a 2-5K token text dump. The agent pulls depth on demand via lcc_expand, lcc_grep, and lcc_context. Recovery-protocol line ships first so the agent knows the protocol before any content arrives.
- Codex start continuity.
lcc codex doctor, Codex SessionStart hook config, and lcc codex start bring the same bounded bundle to Codex. The bundle leads with current task state, labels partial recall, and keeps MCP expansion as the dependable base.
- Behavior contracts. Typed retractable rules (
prefer / forbid / verify-before) the agent commits to follow next session. The dream cycle proposes them as Pending; you approve via the TUI Contracts tab (key 5, then a to approve, r to reject or retract, s to supersede). Append-only retraction trail preserved for audit; supersede atomicity wraps INSERT and UPDATE in BEGIN IMMEDIATE.
- OpenTelemetry-shaped span substrate. New
parent_message_id, span_kind, tool_call_id, attributes columns on the messages table. lcc_expand accepts span_id and walks the parent chain, returning a structured-error JSON shape for span_not_found / expand_too_large / vault_corrupt so agents know how to fall back.
Reverting to pre-v1.2 behavior
The legacy 2-5K full-text injection from v1.1 has been removed in v1.2. To run Claude Code without lossless-code's SessionStart injection, set "bundleEnabled": false in ~/.lossless-code/config.json. The dream cycle, MCP tools, and TUI continue to work; only the SessionStart bundle is suppressed (graceful degradation).
Try it in 60 seconds
/plugin marketplace add GodsBoy/lossless-code
/plugin install lossless-code
That's it. Start a new session and search your history:
lcc_grep "database migration"
The Problem
Claude Code forgets everything between sessions. Memory tools like ClawMem, context-memory, and claude-mem use flat retrieval: keyword search over snippets, no structure, no hierarchy, no way to trace a summary back to its source conversation.
When a project spans weeks and hundreds of sessions, flat search fails. You get fragments without lineage.
What Makes lossless-code Different
lossless-code uses DAG-based lossless preservation, the same approach pioneered by lossless-claw for OpenClaw:
