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What Is Context Rot in AI Agent Sessions?

Quick answer: Context rot is the gradual decay of an AI agent's working memory over a long session. As the conversation, tool output, and file reads pile up, the model leans on the most recent and most repeated tokens while the details near the start become weak. The agent does not crash. It quietl…

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  1. 2026-11-07 15:01 · DEV Community — AI
    What Is Context Rot in AI Agent Sessions?

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