chat context not send (sometimes)

[f1-outsourcing]

I assume that the whole chat is send as context, since you can 'compact' it. But looks like sometimes this is sometimes not happening.

previous message not included:

single message:

[ashish993]

This is a known behavior in Continue related to how context compaction works. The full chat history is NOT always sent — Continue uses a sliding window or truncation strategy when the context gets large, which can cause older messages to be dropped silently.

Why it happens:

• Continue has a configurable contextLength (default varies by model). When the accumulated tokens exceed the threshold, it truncates from the oldest messages.
• The "compact" button summarizes and replaces the history with a condensed version — but if you did not compact and the context grew naturally, Continue may have silently dropped earlier turns.

How to fix / verify:

1. Open your config.yaml (or config.json) and check/set contextLength explicitly:

   models:
     - name: your-model
       contextLength: 32000  # set to your model's actual context window

2. Enable showWhatIsBeingSent in dev settings (if available in your version) to inspect what actually goes to the model.
3. If you need the full history always sent, use the compact action before the context gets trimmed — this preserves intent without hitting the window limit.

Workaround: Manually trigger compact before long sessions to keep context under control rather than letting Continue truncate silently.