Config changes, explained

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2026-10-14 · Codex CLI

Codex CLI background daemon: turn off daemon_auto_start

Codex CLI's daemon_auto_start feature is on by default. What the daemon does, who is affected, and the one-line config.toml fix (features.daemon_auto_start = false).

2026-10-14 · Claude Code

Claude Code idle compaction: what it does and how to turn it off

Claude Code now compacts 200K+ token conversations left idle for about 54 minutes. How to turn it off with "idleCompaction": false or tune it with CLAUDE_CODE_IDLE_COMPACT_MIN_TOKENS.

2026-10-14 · Codex CLI · Claude Code · Cursor

AGENTS.md 32 KiB limit and CLAUDE.md size limits explained

Codex stops reading AGENTS.md content past 32 KiB by default; Claude Code recommends CLAUDE.md under 200 lines and skips files over 4 MiB. Exact limits, sources and fixes.

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