[Bug] Subagent return context exhaustion causing premature token limit
Status Closed — duplicate
Reported on v2.1.7
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 3 comments · opened Jan 14, 2026 · closed Jan 18, 2026
Bug Description
STILL having issues with returning subagents and context exhaustion
Subagents will return and then end up with this nonsense:
⏺ Agent "Workslop detection" completed
⎿ Listed directory Test/
⎿ Context limit reached · /compact or /clear to continue
❯ /context
⎿ Context Usage
⛁ ⛀ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ claude-opus-4-5-20251101 · 296k/200k tokens (148%)
⛁ ⛀ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ System prompt: 3.1k tokens (1.5%)
⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ System tools: 19.2k tokens (9.6%)
⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ Custom agents: 2.1k tokens (1.1%)
⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ Memory files: 4.7k tokens (2.4%)
⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ Skills: 2.0k tokens (1.0%)
⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ Messages: 264.6k tokens (132.3%)
⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛝ Autocompact buffer: 45.0k tokens (22.5%)
⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁
⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁ ⛁
Environment Info
- Platform: darwin
- Terminal: Apple_Terminal
- Version: 2.1.7
- Feedback ID: 835822d7-9608-4ffc-95a0-c0b6fe80d1f4
Errors
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