Long-running coding agents lose task state when context windows overflow or sessions end
Coding agents handling multi-phase tasks store all intermediate state in volatile session context. When context overflows or sessions terminate, the agent loses the full decision history, leading to repeated mistakes and failed handoffs across phases. There is no standard mechanism for externalizing agent workflow state to durable structured storage.
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