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Post compact Codex CLI loses all context and starts doing something entirely different. #8602

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Post compact Codex CLI loses all context and starts doing something entirely different.#8602
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opened on Dec 29, 2025

What version of Codex is running?

0.77.0

What subscription do you have?

Pro

Which model were you using?

5.2 Codex Medium

What platform is your computer?

Mac

What issue are you seeing?

Just after compaction Codex starts doing something entirely unexpected.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Uploaded thread: 019b63bc-aaf8-7770-a0ed-c0143e59d006

What is the expected behavior?

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  1. pronamc
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  2. github-actions commented on Dec 29, 2025

    @github-actions
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    on Dec 29, 2025 – with GitHub Actions
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    Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

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  3. etraut-openai commented on Dec 29, 2025

    @etraut-openai
    etraut-openai
    on Dec 29, 2025
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    Closing in favor of #5957.

  4. etraut-openai
    closed this as a duplicateof Auto compaction causes GPT-5-Codex to lose the plot. It forgets it is mid-task, forgets it has edited files and stops. #5957 on Dec 29, 2025
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