compact error

Resolved 💬 9 comments Opened Apr 24, 2026 by JosephCooperHC Closed Jun 29, 2026

💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

26.422.21637 (2056)

What subscription do you have?

plus

What platform is your computer?

macos

What issue are you seeing?

compact error
Error running remote compact task: unexpected status 408 Request Timeout: {"detail":"Request body read timed out"}, url: https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses/compact, cf-ray: 9f160e3d0e883231-SIN, request id: d2cc4ded-29a1-412d-9183-3d95b33f2f24

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019d9707-441f-7002-a67e-7f95f097d26a

What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

Additional information

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9 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 2 months ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

#19329
#18450
#19255

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sinopec · 2 months ago

0.125 is still the same, failing over and over again. For such a high-frequency, recurring issue, it has been reported for so long and has severely affected the user experience—basically making it impossible to carry out long-running tasks. Yet there still hasn’t been an urgent fix. This should be prioritized as one of the most critical issues to be fixed immediately.

JosephCooperHC · 2 months ago

@etraut-openai How's the fix going? This bug has been bothering me for a long time. Right now, I can only continue my work by reading the old session content in a new session prompt, which is terrible.And every failure consumes my token.

presidenzo · 2 months ago

Also seeing this on Codex Desktop for macOS.

Thread ID: 019e0390-d329-74c3-b8ab-13a32d339c9b
Codex App: 26.429.61741 (2429)
Error:

Error running remote compact task: stream disconnected before completion: error sending request for url (https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses/compact)

This is still happening today (2026-05-07).

JosephCooperHC · 2 months ago

This bug has been bothering me for a long time. Could you please help me fix it as soon as possible?

kumanoko24 · 1 month ago

Error running remote compact task: request timed out

still happening

donggu-kang · 1 month ago

JosephCooperHC · 1 month ago

@tibo-openai Is anyone currently addressing this issue? It's been bothering me every time I use Codex for work.

etraut-openai contributor · 21 days ago

Thanks for reporting this problem. Until recently, Codex used a separate endpoint and server-side logic for compaction. We recently switched to a more robust approach where the compaction logic is moved locally using the same endpoint as normal turns. This eliminates "remote compaction" errors and increases the stability and reliability of compaction operations. If you see further problems with compaction, please use /feedback and open a new bug report.