From 7b4e4b5853eac1299c8a46086823a7ea49d6613d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Cunningham <ccunningham@openai.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 02:14:54 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Remove redundant developer-role check in compaction filter

---
 codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs
index a4742aa7d1..7e3b79abb4 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/compact.rs
@@ -442,9 +442,6 @@ fn is_user_shell_command_record(item: &ResponseItem) -> bool {
 pub(crate) fn should_keep_compacted_history_item(item: &ResponseItem) -> bool {
     match item {
         ResponseItem::Message { role, .. } => {
-            if role == "developer" {
-                return false;
-            }
             if role != "user" {
                 return false;
             }