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Manual compaction #18152

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@topemalheiro

What variant of Codex are you using?

IDE Extension, Possibly app too

What feature would you like to see?

Press the compaction button manually, besides automatic compaction.

Additional information

Sometimes you need context compacted before you make a prompt, either to demonstrate something where you don't want to have a compaction midway through, or when you want the full context window before the next prompt.

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    extensionIssues related to the VS Code extension
    contextIssues related to context management (including compaction)
    on Apr 16, 2026
  2. github-actions commented on Apr 16, 2026

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

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