TUI runs out of context with gpt-5.5 despite auto-compact config
Resolved 💬 1 comment Opened Apr 23, 2026 by brandomagnani Closed Apr 23, 2026
What happened
In Codex CLI TUI, a long chat repeatedly failed with:
Codex ran out of room in the model's context window. Start a new thread or clear earlier history before retrying.
Config
model = "gpt-5.5"
# model_context_window = 400000
# model_auto_compact_token_limit = 300000
Expected
The TUI should auto-compact before reaching the model context limit, or explain why auto-compaction did not run or did not apply.
Notes
This happened repeatedly in the same chat.
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