Codex Compact Error

What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.134.0

What subscription do you have?

No Paid Subscriptions

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.5 && gpt-5.4-mini

What platform is your computer?

Linux 7.0.9-1-cachyos x86_64 x86_64

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

VS Code, Kitty, Konsole, Yakuake

Codex doctor report

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        "daemon state dir": "/home/RinLin/.codex/app-server-daemon",
        "mode": "ephemeral",
        "pid file": "/home/RinLin/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server.pid (missing)",
        "settings": "/home/RinLin/.codex/app-server-daemon/settings.json (missing)",
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        "update-loop pid file": "/home/RinLin/.codex/app-server-daemon/app-server-updater.pid (missing)"
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      "status": "ok",
      "summary": "auth is configured",
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        "auth storage mode": "File",
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}

What issue are you seeing?

The session compaction is unsuccessful when a session context reached the maximum context limit of a model, and both codex-cli and codex vscode plugin shows this error:

Error running remote compact task: stream disconnected before completion: unknown variant auto, expected high or original at line 1 column 967531

What steps can reproduce the bug?

1. Open Codex via running codex on any terminal
2. Resume a session which reached the maximum context limit
3. Run /compact manually

What is the expected behavior?

The context should be compacted correctly and the work can be continue.

Additional information

_No response_