> does not bloat up the context window too fast with reasoning tokens
How much does that matter if it's reset at every turn?
Does it reset at every turn? From my experience in Codex for example, Luna (Max) fills the 256k token window relatively quick. The only thing lowering the context window again is the compaction.
what do you mean by reset at every turn? context stays until compaction. if you remove the reasoning tokens after every turn you will be constantly blowing cache which is far worse than filling up context.