Sudden memory loss

[areaweb]

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Describe the bug

Warp Agent Mode - Critical Memory Loss Bug Report

Date: 2025-10-09 14:52:53Z
Severity: Critical
Impact: High - Disrupts active development work

Issue Description

Agent Mode is experiencing complete loss of conversation context mid-conversation, causing the agent to forget previous work and context within the same session.

Reproduction Steps

1. Start a conversation with Agent Mode
2. Work on a specific task or issue with the agent
3. Continue the conversation - agent suddenly loses all memory of previous exchanges
4. Agent claims conversation "started" with the most recent message, ignoring all prior context

Expected Behavior

Agent should maintain full conversation context throughout the entire session, remembering all previous exchanges, work performed, and context established.

Actual Behavior

Agent completely loses access to earlier parts of the conversation mid-session, claiming the conversation "began" with recent messages and having no memory of prior work or context. This happens much before reaching context window, sometimes 4 commands into a simple session with no external data loaded.

User Impact

• Severe workflow disruption: Forces users to re-explain context repeatedly
• Lost productivity: Work progress is interrupted and must be restarted
• User frustration: Creates unreliable development experience
• Trust erosion: Users cannot rely on the agent to maintain context

Technical Details

• Platform: macOS
• Shell: zsh 5.9
• Frequency: User reports this "happens often"

Specific Instance

In this session, user was working on a PostgreSQL-related issue with the agent. Mid-conversation, agent lost all memory of the prior work and claimed the conversation started with "did you fix the issue with postgresql?" when there had been significant prior context and work.

Recommended Actions

1. Immediate investigation of conversation context management system
2. Review session state persistence mechanisms
3. Implement safeguards to prevent mid-conversation memory loss
4. Add logging to track when and why context is lost
5. User notification system if context loss is detected

Priority

This should be treated as a P0/Critical bug as it fundamentally breaks the core functionality of maintaining conversational context, severely impacting user experience and productivity.

To reproduce

use agent mode

Expected behavior

agent remembers conversation

Screenshots, videos, and logs

No response

Operating system (OS)

macOS

Operating system and version

15.6.0

Shell Version

zsh

Current Warp version

v0.2025.10.01.08.12.stable_02

Regression

No, this bug or issue has existed throughout my experience using Warp

Recent working Warp date

No response

Additional context

No response

Does this block you from using Warp daily?

Yes, this issue prevents me from using Warp daily.

Is this an issue only in Warp?

Yes, I confirmed that this only happens in Warp, not other terminals.

Warp Internal (ignore): linear-label:b9d78064-c89e-4973-b153-5178a31ee54e

None

[vorporeal]

Hi @areaweb - please don't use AI to generate an issue description, it adds a lot of cruft that makes it hard to actually understand what the problem is.

You checked the box in the checklist around including a conversation debugging ID, but I don't see one actually included. Can you share the debugging ID for the conversation where this happened? Otherwise, it will be hard for us to look into your issue.

[coobeeyon]

This is a huge problem for me lately definitely on Linux, and maybe Windows. P0 is correct it is at the threshold of where if it happened anymore I would drop Warp which would be very sad for me because when it's working well it's much better than Claude Code.

[coobeeyon]

@vorporeal can you let me know how to get you what you need?

[coobeeyon]

Ok!! @vorporeal I have what you need!!

Here is the last segment of an ongoing conversation:
{"request_id":"3c73c605-041e-4b00-95f7-32aa45a1c147","conversation_id":"be4fe65d-dd73-4690-babb-1843bd05a845"}
Here is the very next exchange, which the agent would soon cite as the first thing it remembered.
{"request_id":"458cc62e-2dc0-422d-835c-ae7bf840b37d","conversation_id":"c7c08e5b-315c-4adf-952a-32bcd670ee84"}
And here is the one after that.
{"request_id":"0ddd6ce1-83a6-4844-b83f-cb9d7e64c06b","conversation_id":"c7c08e5b-315c-4adf-952a-32bcd670ee84"}

Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help.