Codex Improves Context Compaction Experience
steipete · x · 2026-07-15
According to forwarded reports, OpenAI has successfully resolved the compaction issue.
Allegedly, Codex 5.6 Sol can now operate for extended periods without losing context, forgetting its objective, or going off-track. The author notes that context length is virtually no longer a concern.
Related event: Codex Developer Update: GPT-5.6 and Parallel Tasks(28 posts)→
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