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Skip futile retries when context window is full

Cluster 106830 · agent. Data as of

2 open items. Fix attempted, not merged.

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1open issue
1open PR
3items grouped
Known?
Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 0 issues already closed.
Fix event
No fix has been merged to main. 1 PR closed without merging; see the attempts below.
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Still open
1 issue and 1 PR.

These issues and PRs address a scenario where truncated tool calls trigger repeated max_tokens-boost retries even though the prompt has already filled the context window, making those retries pointless. The work involves detecting this condition and skipping the wasteful retry attempts.

Open issues1

  • Issue#106830Truncated tool call burns 4 max_tokens retries when the prompt already filled the context window (sibling of #106571)

Open PRs1

  • PR#106836fix(agent): skip futile max_tokens retries for truncated tool calls on a full context window

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1

  • #106837 fix(turn-truncation): skip futile max_tokens-boost retries when prompt filled the window (#106830) · superseded by another PR → #106836, #106571
How this cluster was grouped
  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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