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OpenClaw Ollama/Qwen Preflight Overflow Can Trigger a Zero-Message Compaction Loop

A Reddit report documents a deterministic recovery loop in v2026.7.1-2 with Ollama/Qwen: preflight counts a roughly 34k-character system prompt and triggers overflow, while compaction sees no transcript messages to summarize, so every retry repeats the same failure.

📋 Issue Summary

A Reddit report documents a deterministic recovery loop in v2026.7.1-2 with Ollama/Qwen: preflight counts a roughly 34k-character system prompt and triggers overflow, while compaction sees no transcript messages to summarize, so every retry repeats the same failure.

Summary

A Reddit report documents a deterministic recovery loop in v2026.7.1-2 with Ollama/Qwen: preflight counts a roughly 34k-character system prompt and triggers overflow, while compaction sees no transcript messages to summarize, so every retry repeats the same failure.

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Last updated: June 30, 2026. Published by the gobii.reviews Editorial Team.