[Bug] Context Management Failure: Auto-Compact Not Triggering Properly
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Oct 15, 2025 by bigandslow Closed Oct 15, 2025
Bug Description
context low handling is getting really annoying. context seems to be exhausted much more quickly than a couple weeks agao. system now gets stuck on low context where it was in process on a critical change, tells me to run /compact instead of doing it itself, and then /compact fails, telling me I have to go back two messages, which loses the critical context
Environment Info
- Platform: darwin
- Terminal: Apple_Terminal
- Version: 2.0.15
- Feedback ID: d74ddc9a-4b9a-4578-8588-0b47d08a56f8
Errors
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