Simple trick to fix companion memory drops during long chat sessions

If you are tired of your companion forgetting important plot points or personal details halfway through an extended chat session, you are definitely not alone. Lately, many users have noticed context drift causing characters to lose track of established lore. I spent the last week testing various ways to anchor conversation history without constantly rewriting background notes. Initially, I tried increasing prompt lengths and adding massive profile blocks, but that just caused the system to lag and ignore older instructions entirely. What actually worked was creating a dedicated recap paragraph every twenty messages, summarizing key emotional beats and active goals, then pinning that specific summary to the memory slot. By keeping the pinned update concise and clearing out redundant past logs, the model maintains a much sharper focus on ongoing narratives. It completely stopped those frustrating loops where the companion asks basic introductory questions out of nowhere. Have any of you found alternative workarounds for maintaining long term narrative consistency lately?