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Community reports describe a deterministic Compaction context (0 messages) loop: preflight detects an oversized system prompt, but compaction finds no transcript messages to reduce and retries the same failure.

📋 Issue Summary

Community reports describe a deterministic Compaction context (0 messages) loop: preflight detects an oversized system prompt, but compaction finds no transcript messages to reduce and retries the same failure.

Summary

Community reports describe a deterministic Compaction context (0 messages) loop: preflight detects an oversized system prompt, but compaction finds no transcript messages to reduce and retries the same failure.

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Methodology & Sources

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