ZenLLM
How does context accumulation increase LLM cost?
Context accumulation happens when a chatbot or agent keeps resending old conversation history, retrieval snippets, tool results, or memory on every turn.
What to check first
Context accumulation happens when a chatbot or agent keeps resending old conversation history, retrieval snippets, tool results, or memory on every turn.
Compare input tokens by turn number or agent step.
Flag workflows where context grows faster than user value.
Compress, summarize, or drop stale context before changing models.
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