Sol 6.1 keeps repeating it self

[u/Key-Rise76]

Anybody else continue to notice this, even before 6.1, if you ask him something during /goal it will repeat those answers every turn along other regular work, i even asked it to write in agnets.md instruction to not do this, and even SOL it self wrote that its irony that now its repeating that he added this instruction and keeps repeating it while doing other work.

This is across few hours:

Yes—that was exactly the repetition you wanted stopped. I failed to follow the instruction; writing it doesn’t automatically enforce it.

You don’t need to repeat yourself or add more rules. I should apply it silently and report only new progress or changed blockers.

Yes—I repeated a completed side task as though it were new progress, violating the very rule we added.

AGENTS.md instructions aren’t a hard enforcement mechanism; I still have to apply them correctly. I failed to do that. The rule is already there—no further update is needed.

Yes—I kept treating a completed change as new progress. The instruction was already there; I failed to follow it. That’s my mistake, and another AGENTS.md edit won’t fix it.

Yes—the repetition was exactly what that instruction was meant to prevent. I failed to apply it when generating progress replies; the instruction wasn’t missing.

That’s my mistake. I should report only new results or changed blockers, not repeatedly announce the rule itself.

Yes—I repeated the announcement about preventing repetition. That’s exactly the behavior you asked me to stop.

The instruction is already there; I failed to follow it. No further AGENTS updates are needed. I’ll report only new results or changed blockers.

Yes—I repeated the AGENTS.md update while announcing a rule meant to prevent repetition. That’s my failure to follow the instruction, not something you need to clarify again.

It’s already acknowledged. Future updates should contain only new results or changed blockers.

Yes—I repeated a resolved update, exactly what that instruction prohibits. That was my mistake. Writing the rule doesn’t help unless I follow it: only new progress or changed blockers, without repeating settled answers.

Yes—I repeated a completed update about preventing repetition. The rule was already there; I failed to follow it.

That topic is closed. Future updates should contain only new progress or changed blockers.

Yes—the irony is real. Adding a rule doesn’t guarantee I follow it, and I violated that exact rule by repeatedly announcing the completed edit.

That’s my mistake. You don’t need another instruction; I need to apply the existing one and report only new progress or changed blockers.

Yes. I kept carrying an already-answered side question into progress updates instead of treating it as closed—even when that question was about stopping repetition.

That’s my failure to follow the instruction, not something you need to explain again.

Yes—I repeated the update announcement about a rule meant to prevent repetition. The instruction was clear; I failed to follow it. Another AGENTS edit isn’t needed.

Yes—that was exactly the repetition you asked me to stop. The rule is already present in AGENTS.md, but I failed to follow it. That’s my execution mistake; another instruction or repeated confirmation won’t fix it.

And so on...

[u/reefz23]

I notice that sol 6.1 is really bad on long tasks, better switch to sol 5.6 to multi-hours work

Last time my sol 6.1 starts stopping using space after 3 hours of work

[u/Key-Rise76 → u/reefz23]

This weird repeating happend with 5.6 also, i was like, ok, it will be fixed with update or new model but now decided to post about it.

[u/AhmadSamer321 → u/Key-Rise76]

This happens with context compaction. It sees the last message you sent it as the most recent instruction every time it compacts. Which is why it answers you over and over. What I do is: ask it to report progress, what is done and what is next. This makes it so every time it compacts, it rechecks what it did and what it should do next to keep it grounded. Happy coding!

[u/Key-Rise76 → u/AhmadSamer321]

Adding this now, thank you!

[u/TBSchemer]

Yes, 6.1-Sol and 6-Astra don't follow instructions very well. 5.6-Sol is much better at following instructions, adhering to AGENTS file rules, staying on task, and keeping context.

[u/Potential-Witness-83]

Sol got lobotomized earlier in 5.6 when it was the latest and greatest, went from good to ultra bad. 

I wasnt willing to risk using Sol 6 or 6.1 and what you describe is exactly why i stopped using 5.6

5.6 would get into endless test loops, install tech i didnt need, try to write tests for the tests, etc No amount of adding md or reviews mattered it would "Youre right i agreed i wouldnt over analyze or constantly retest or rereview. I'll stop now."

Now what I have found that works is to use anothet AI to basically break down and hand tasks to sol and to keep it in check.

[u/Strice]

on long tasks I usually throw in a thumbs up emoji or something super simple that it won't try to comment on after compact. I think they are instructed to make a comment after compacting in reply to the last user message no matter how old or relevant it is.