Auto-compact is not working like previously #9743

What version of Codex is running?

0.89.0

What subscription do you have?

api

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.2 high/xhigh

What platform is your computer?

macos

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

ghostty

What issue are you seeing?

Anyone else notice regression in Auto-compact ? version 0.86 and before auto-compact was working beautifully and agent would pick up from where it left off. Version 0.87 onwards the agent has started to get confused and lost. also seen on reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1qk55js/why_does_it_keep_forgetting_what_it_did_before/

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Revert auto-compact

What is the expected behavior?

Auto-compact was one of the best parts previously, no other agentic system matched it compared to codex.

Additional information

No response