Agent engineering struggle: 30+ context compactions in 12 hours
morgymcg · x · 2026-08-22
A developer shared a lesson from running SENPAI's autoresearch advisor, which triggered over 30 context compactions within 12 hours. The issue was attributed to a bloated system prompt and the default Anthropic API compaction settings, highlighting the challenges of long-term memory management in agents.
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