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Claude Code now gzips every turn, and 'a compression tool from 1992' is getting the credit for snappier replies
First seen on X 16 hours ago@ClaudeDevs ♥ 10,7135 views
Anthropic says Claude Code now compresses the conversation it sends on every turn with gzip, so responses start sooner.
"Claude Code now gzips the conversation it sends on every turn, so it reaches the model faster," the ClaudeDevs account wrote on X on Oct 16, adding that cloud sessions now start up as soon as you start typing. The post passed 10,000 likes.
Per the Claude Code changelog, large requests to api.anthropic.com are gzip-compressed even with telemetry disabled, and setting CLAUDE_CODE_GZIP_REQUEST_BODIES=0 turns it off. A post claiming "anthropic made claude code 3x faster using gzip. a compression tool from 1992" got 6,100 likes.
“We keep improving performance across Claude, and you may have noticed it starts responding sooner!”