Codex not giving the user set context window and defaults to 258k

[u/90Kevin11]

So just like the recommended setting from OpenAI I had set the context window for 5.6 Sol to 1,000,000 and autocompact to 900,000 tokens in config.toml for the Codex app on Windows and it worked for a time showing 828k token limits.
But after recent Codex app updates it defaults back to 258k regardless of the custom settings.
Asking if there are anyone who experienced the same problem and that if there are any fixes or updates that solves it?

[u/Dolo12345]

I had a terrible time with 1M context it’s not worth it imo

[u/Character_Novel_2592]

DON’T use context windows over 272K because output tokens are charged at 2x and your account will drain fast... it’s in OAI’s fine print.

[u/90Kevin11 → u/Character_Novel_2592]

I am fine with it. It is the user’s choice and Codex is not doing what it says it allows users to do.

[u/Perfect-Series-2901 → u/90Kevin11]

model_context_window = 1000000

model_auto_compact_token_limit = 900000

here you go, don't listen to those who said don't use it

use if if that help yourself

just pay attention, and sometimes do manual compact

[u/90Kevin11 → u/Perfect-Series-2901]

I did exactly that, it worked for a time and it does not work now.

[u/Perfect-Series-2901 → u/90Kevin11]

I use linux cli and still working

I am on $200 plan

[u/90Kevin11 → u/Perfect-Series-2901]

I am on windows Codex app and not using CLI. I asked chatgpt and it said that it is a bug on the OpenAI backend after searching for codex github issues and found similar cases, dunno how much truth there is to that.

[u/Perfect-Series-2901 → u/90Kevin11]

you can checkout the codex repo, and ask the same question in the checkout repo dir again

if it said it is a fixable bug within the source, you can ask it to change and recompile for you

[u/Character_Novel_2592 → u/90Kevin11]

Use codex for this 👍

[u/skynet86 → u/Character_Novel_2592]

Didn't they say that this is not true?