Compaction no longer running
Compaction used to work for me, running on an automated basis when certain thresholds were met. I made some configuration changes to get it to trigger sooner and now it's not working at all. e.g. 
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Here's my compaction and pruning config:
"contextPruning": {
"mode": "cache-ttl",
"ttl": "5m",
"keepLastAssistants": 3,
"tools": {
"deny": [
"browser",
"canvas"
]
},
"softTrim": {
"maxChars": 4000,
"headChars": 1500,
"tailChars": 1500
},
"hardClear": {
"enabled": true,
"placeholder": "[Old tool result content cleared]"
}
},
"compaction": {
"mode": "safeguard",
"reserveTokensFloor": 30000,
"memoryFlush": {
"enabled": true,
"softThresholdTokens": 8000,
"prompt": "Write any lasting notes to memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md; reply with NO_REPLY if nothing to store.",
"systemPrompt": "Session nearing compaction. Store durable memories now."
}
},
This is for openclaw version 2026.2.17
Context: 108k/100k (108%) · Compactions: 0Here's my compaction and pruning config:
"contextPruning": {
"mode": "cache-ttl",
"ttl": "5m",
"keepLastAssistants": 3,
"tools": {
"deny": [
"browser",
"canvas"
]
},
"softTrim": {
"maxChars": 4000,
"headChars": 1500,
"tailChars": 1500
},
"hardClear": {
"enabled": true,
"placeholder": "[Old tool result content cleared]"
}
},
"compaction": {
"mode": "safeguard",
"reserveTokensFloor": 30000,
"memoryFlush": {
"enabled": true,
"softThresholdTokens": 8000,
"prompt": "Write any lasting notes to memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md; reply with NO_REPLY if nothing to store.",
"systemPrompt": "Session nearing compaction. Store durable memories now."
}
},
This is for openclaw version 2026.2.17
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