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Steer conversation and compacting issue #9734
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I gave codex some instructions, realized I forgot 1 thing, added it with the Steer conversation feature (enter) then codex compacted the context (unlucky timing) this caused codex to only remember the Steered conversation feature, and forgot about the previous instructions he was working on(last message). Not a huge deal, I reminded codex its previous tasks that it had not finished . I love codex, good luck!
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Likio3000 commentedon Jan 23, 2026
just to be clear the issue is that it forgot what it was working on after compacting probably because of the steered conversation comment which was the only thing it remembered working on after compacting. This is not normal behavior. Without having steered the conversation my gut tells me it would have remembered fine of what it was doing. Compacting works really well if you don't steer. But the steering messed with the logic in compacting. I only steered with 1 message.