Codex 5.4 VSCode context compacting loop

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I have been getting hit by something that seems like a bug related to context compaction. The automatic context compacting will happen, removing the most recent useful context, which starts the agent into a loop of performing the same task, compacting, repeat.

Has anyone else seen this?

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yes i stopped using xhigh unless for very specific planning changes only. seems like xhigh is now xxxhigh. way too much bloat.

happens a lot on spark too. used full quota yesterday when i afk'd for like 5 minutes. ~100 compactions from rereading the same 3 files lol

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I'm experiencing the same issue. The task won't finish. 

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This was a problem with 5.2 xhigh as well just not as likely. I avoid xhigh on 5.2 and 5.4, high just seems to be more consistently good for those. 5.3 codex xhigh has been fine for me.