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[Bug]: #18049 introduces session bloat #45488
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P2Normal backlog priority with limited blast radius.Normal backlog priority with limited blast radius.bugSomething isn't workingSomething isn't workingbug:behaviorIncorrect behavior without a crashIncorrect behavior without a crashclawsweeper:fix-shape-clearClawSweeper found a clear likely implementation shape for this issue.ClawSweeper found a clear likely implementation shape for this issue.clawsweeper:linked-pr-openClawSweeper found an open linked pull request for this issue.ClawSweeper found an open linked pull request for this issue.clawsweeper:needs-maintainer-reviewClawSweeper marked this issue as needing maintainer review before automation.ClawSweeper marked this issue as needing maintainer review before automation.clawsweeper:needs-product-decisionClawSweeper marked this issue as needing a product or behavior decision.ClawSweeper marked this issue as needing a product or behavior decision.clawsweeper:no-new-fix-prClawSweeper does not recommend queueing a new automated fix PR for this issue.ClawSweeper does not recommend queueing a new automated fix PR for this issue.clawsweeper:source-reproClawSweeper found a high-confidence source-level issue reproduction.ClawSweeper found a high-confidence source-level issue reproduction.impact:session-stateSession, memory, transcript, context, or agent state can drift or corrupt.Session, memory, transcript, context, or agent state can drift or corrupt.issue-rating: 🦞 diamond lobsterVery strong issue quality with high-confidence source-level or clear reproduction.Very strong issue quality with high-confidence source-level or clear reproduction.
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Behavior bug (incorrect output/state without crash)
Summary
#18049 introduced a functionality that copies parts of the system prompt into the context after compaction. This, however, is completely useless as the system prompt is not compacted away.
This leads to (a) session bloat, and (b) "magic" behaviour that treats "magic" strings inside the user- and agent-editable AGENT.md in a special way.
Especially the latter can lead to unexpected behaviour as the file is changed over time and doesn't conform to the code's expectations anymore.
This already has happened, as the code's expectations don't match any AGENT.md that was created before March 4th, so "old" workspaces behave differently from "new" workspaces.
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Expected behavior
no magic string parsing happening
Actual behavior
see above
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anything after #18049 was merged
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Affected users
Severity data risk
Frequency always
Consequence unexpected agent behaviour
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