Multiple context compactions happening at the same time

[guidedways]

What version of Codex CLI is running?

0.120.0

What subscription do you have?

Pro

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.4

What platform is your computer?

macOS

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

iTerm

What issue are you seeing?

• Context compacted

• Context compacted

I see this every time the context auto compacts. Two compactions oddly.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Just let it auto compact.

What is the expected behavior?

No response

Additional information

No response

[github-actions]

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

• Context compaction regression in CLI v0.118 — 2x more frequent compactions cause token usage explosion #16812

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[etraut-openai]

I'm guessing that this is a display issue rather than two compactions. Could you confirm by looking at the rollout file? Or use /feedback to upload it so I can take a look?

[guidedways]

Sure: 019d852c-c0d9-7ba2-bd55-b0e8243514e6

Easy to reproduce:

1. Launch Codex
2. Type /compact

You'll see two messages. I also see the same for other messages like

• Waited for background terminal

• Waited for background terminal

[etraut-openai]

Thanks, I'm able to repro the problem.

[etraut-openai]

This will be addressed in the next release.