# Clearing chat history helps AI agents find better solutions

**Published:** October 12, 2026
**Author:** Matthias Bastian
**Source:** The Decoder
**Language:** en-US
**HTML:** https://aiqazaqstan.com/en/articles/clearing-chat-history-helps-ai-agents-find-better-solutions

Microsoft researchers found that autonomous AI agents get trapped in what they call "idea basins" because of their growing chat context, local solution regions they can't escape. Their "Fork-and-Flush" method clears the chat history but keeps the workspace, achieving up to 66…

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**Tags:** #Microsoft

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