Codex 28 · Theme · #44

Context limit not updating

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10 on X

10 problems · first reported 12 Oct 2026

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Hi all, is the context increase being applied by the desktop app automatically? I have started new threads today in an existing project and they still use the earlier default 258k token limit. Last week I changed an existing thread to 500k which took effect after I logged out and…

@DrFreeman666 on X ↗ · 13 Oct 2026
Problem
Does this need to be enabled somehow? All of my threads are still 258k max. I have no custom settings that would override this as far as I can tell.

@blacklodgegames on X ↗ · 13 Oct 2026
Problem
still 272k！

@boriszxt on X ↗ · 13 Oct 2026
Problem
Can someone please help me understand how this change works? My context window still says 258k.

@AiyarVarun on X ↗ · 13 Oct 2026
Problem
It’s not working. I did restart & update the app but my context is still 277k.

@RobertDragoss on X ↗ · 13 Oct 2026
Problem
somehow... i just don't believe you... steps: unset the set overrides in config toml and restart the app and start a new session... expected: 500k context actual: 258k context so you can see why i'm skeptical of the claim...

@btgille on X ↗ · 12 Oct 2026
Problem
Context still compacts randomly at ~250K for me though - bug or intended?

@amihail01 on X ↗ · 12 Oct 2026
Problem
:( I still have 272k on mine, the Pro 20 account. I refreshed models file and not working.

@LeEauvk on X ↗ · 12 Oct 2026
Problem
How do we enable this? My context windows still seems to be 258k tokens, haven't touched config.toml or anything.

@retardedchudd on X ↗ · 12 Oct 2026
Problem
It would be great if this worked, since it avoids constant compression. But so far, it hasn’t taken effect for me—my context limit is still stuck at 354k.

@LiuTaoren on X ↗ · 12 Oct 2026

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13 Oct 2026, 05:39 UTC

Renamed from “Context limit stays unchanged” to “Context limit not updating” as more people described it.
13 Oct 2026, 05:38 UTC

“Context compacts at a threshold” was merged into this theme: JEV judged them the same problem.
13 Oct 2026, 00:36 UTC

“Model list refresh not applied” was merged into this theme: JEV judged them the same problem.

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