Codex bug: context compaction repeatedly replays onboarding instructions in Goal mode

A developer reports that since version 26.1007.71326, Codex's Goal mode re-executes onboarding instructions every time context compaction triggers, an issue that worsened from mid-October.

2026-10-19 ~ 2026-10-19 · 2 related posts

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