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## Title

    Proposed fix: [llama.cpp llama-server] 400 'request (N tokens) exceeds the available context size (M tokens), try increasing it' — per-slot context and no server-side history truncation

## Body

    Recommended action: Size -c for the client's max history, keep -np 1 (or rely on unified KV -kvu) so one request can use the whole context, and make the client truncate/compact history to the server's context length.
    
    Option: Match server context to client history and truncate client-side [evidence: documented_workaround]
    Applies when: Agent/IDE clients on llama-server
    Steps:
    1. Check slot n_ctx in server logs / GET /props
    2. Start with a larger -c and -np 1 (or unified KV)
    3. Configure the client's context length to the server's per-slot n_ctx so it compacts history
    Expected: Prompts fit; no 400.
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.

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