Context left is not updated after running /compact command
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Aug 9, 2025 by LuciferMornens Closed Aug 11, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (aibrahim-oai, contributor)
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What version of Codex is running?
codex-cli 0.20.0
Which model were you using?
gpt-5-high reasoning
What platform is your computer?
MacOS
What steps can reproduce the bug?
The /compact command doesn't work - no errors whatsoever, but it does nothing.
It gets into 'working..' state then just returns to chat state. Nothing happens.
What is the expected behavior?
To have the AI compact the conversation, no?
What do you see instead?
_No response_
Additional information
_No response_
3 Comments
@LuciferMornens - I've seen this behavior too, but I think
/compactis working, it's just that the indicators in the footer don't update until you take your next turn.@jesanfafon yep. noticed that too.
Update: It does work, however not visible until you write something lol.
Should be fixed in the next release.