gpt-6 astra arrived with experimental codex features which are f**king insane... including a new way to carry context across long tasks. [here is what to setup today] 1) context management → notes and searchable history across context windows rollout 2)budgets → track a configured token budget during a task... 3) sleep prevention → keep your computer awake while codex works astra’s experimental context management is off by default. the other switches are worth checking in your installed version too. paste this into codex: “inspect my installed codex version and experimental feature flags. check whether astra’s new context management is fully enabled. explain which other features would help my workflow, verify the exact configuration, and show me a proposed diff before changing anything.” or start with codex features list yourself. a model upgrade is worth exploring beyond the model picker.show more

i gave it to my agent

thats the best thing you can do right now

@Av1dlive context management like this is a huge deal. balancing multiple projects just got a lot easier for me.

searchable history across context windows is the feature that actually helps long tasks

Résumé-Screening ist Cargo-Cult-Recruiting. Die eigentliche Frage: Kann die Person mit ungeklärten Problemen umgehen?

notes plus searchable history would fix so many lost threads

context that survives is useful only if somebody still reads what it kept

this is very useful broo

Yeah, it is, brother. Especially the context management compaction work.

I've wanted spend caps on long Codex runs. Budgets plus notes.

need the full setup list ngl

will share soon

nice thanks

I don’t have astra in codex …

Any reason why

I fixed

finally long context is actually working smoothly

Insane avid, great share man will try it today

The experimental features are the ones I am really looking forward to everyone trying out.

context carrying across long tasks is the upgrade i actually wanted, not another model in the picker

just another tip to be aware: these features are experimental. use them a little carefully. and just have fun using gpt 6 astra

I am trying gpt-6 astra today

Hi, yes, it's an insane model. Please let me know what your feedback is.

codex dev's gone wild crazyy

experimental Codex context across long tasks — which notes setup actually stuck for you?

The model upgrade is nice. The context upgrade is what changes the game.

i should give it a try too

saved this

model picker is just first step

Astra is not always as capable as the hype suggests. It refused to solve an authorization conflict in my own open-source agent. Sol built the solution; Astra later used it successfully. Full case here

Worth noting: this note-keeping context feature replaces repeated summarization with searchable notes instead of full compaction — so it’s not just ‘more context’, it changes what gets preserved when a debugging session runs long. Good catch flagging it’s off by default.

also the sleep prevention is for the cli i missed typing that

asking codex to inspect its own feature flags and propose a diff before changing anything is a clean way to do this

So this is a whole new level of coding

The context carry is the real unlock. I've been testing similar approaches with notes and searchable history, and it changes how you structure agent workflows. Curious if the budget tracking actually catches runaway token usage or if it's just a soft cap.

why is astra’s context management off by default, and does the proposed diff show exactly what gets persisted between context windows?

The budgets part is the sleeper. Once an agent tracks its own spend, you're one step from it holding a wallet, and then context isn't just memory, it's a record of what it paid for and why