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Is Argon’s million-token announcement a context-window limit?

The primary announcement describes a one-million-token output limit. An output budget and an input context window are different specifications and should not be substituted for each other. When sizing an application, verify both limits separately, together with account access, pricing, execution duration and the surrounding tool constraints.

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Gemini 4 Argon Raises a Harder Question: How Do You Control a Long-Running Agent?

Argon introduces a million-token output limit and a phased rollout. The practical challenge is checkpoints, budgets and verifiable completion.

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