Auto-compact fails

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Feb 13, 2026 by le876 Closed Feb 13, 2026

### Steps to reproduce

  1. Start a long, multi-turn diagnostic conversation.
  2. Accumulate many context-heavy messages (commands/results/analysis).
  3. When context window is near limit, continue with another query.
  4. Observe hard error asking to start new thread / clear history instead of graceful summarization.

### Expected behavior

  • Before hard cutoff, Codex should trigger automatic context compression (or offer an explicit “compress and continue” option).
  • It should preserve key context (e.g., session goal, environment state, diagnostic findings, IDs, executed commands).
  • Conversation should continue without requiring manual new-thread handoff.

### Actual behavior

  • No auto-compression observed.
  • Session abruptly stops with context window error.
  • User must manually start a new thread or clear history, interrupting troubleshooting flow.

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