Very frequent auto compact and after compact, context windows are nearly full. #14447

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   appIssues related to the Codex desktop appIssues related to the Codex desktop app

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2. github-actions commented on Mar 12, 2026

   

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

   • codex just compacts repeatedly for hours at a time before it is able to make a change #14120
   • Compact finishes and only compacts to 25% left #13909
   • Remote compaction preserves assistant messages and leaves next turn at ~234k input tokens #14365
   • Compacting is getting stuck #14342
   • Compaction death spiral #13279

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3. RoversX commented on Mar 12, 2026

   

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   Both CLI and app have this issue.
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   contextIssues related to context management (including compaction)Issues related to context management (including compaction)

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6. ambrosino-oai

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