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Houthis push back on report of planned Red Sea shipping fees

Yemen’s Houthi-run maritime authority pushed back on Saturday against reports that the group is considering charging toll fees to commercial vessels passing through the Bab el-Mandeb strait, saying ships can continue to pass through the waterway without paying. The Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center said in a statement that its safe-passage service is voluntary and does...

Houthis push back on report of planned Red Sea shipping fees

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Context window growth is the silent failure mode in agentic pipelines

Context window management is the invisible cost in every multi-step agent pipeline. I see this pattern across production consulting work. An agent that works cleanly in testing — ten steps, coherent reasoning, correct output — starts degrading six weeks after ship. No errors. No crashes. Just drift. Outputs get shorter.

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