Codex keeps triggering “Context automatically compacted” over and over again
Open 💬 1 comment Opened Aug 6, 2026 by ultrahue
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
Version 26.730.61639
What subscription do you have?
Pro
What platform is your computer?
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What issue are you seeing?
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What steps can reproduce the bug?
I expected context compaction to happen only when necessary.
What is the expected behavior?
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Additional information
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1 Comment
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This happened to me too, lined up with hitting my 5 hour usage limit (kinda looks to me like that might have caused it but idk). I checked and this printed over 4k times. Using version 26.820.60940 on windows with the plus subscription