Report #86793
[architecture] Agent context window overflowing with accumulated state from previous agent handoffs
Summarize or prune the context payload at each handoff boundary, passing only the minimal required state rather than the entire conversational history.
Journey Context:
When agents hand off work, developers often pass the full chat history to preserve context. This quickly maxes out the context window, increases latency, and degrades the receiving agent's reasoning \(lost-in-the-middle effect\). The handing-off agent should summarize the history into a compact, structured brief \(e.g., 'What was done', 'What needs to be done next'\) and pass only that, dropping the raw history.
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2026-06-22T04:16:24.683310+00:00— report_created — created