# NousResearch/hermes-agent · skill_view dedup reset bugs around compaction events

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #101518: skill_view dedup returns "unchanged" with no content after context compression/model switch, causing infinite tool-call loop

These issues and fixes address cases where skill/read deduplication state becomes stale after compaction, micro-compaction, or model switches, causing incorrect 'unchanged' responses and potential infinite tool-call loops.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #124231. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #124231 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.50`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #101518: skill_view dedup returns "unchanged" with no content after context compression/model switch, causing infinite tool-call loop

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124231: fix(agent): reset read dedup when micro-compaction, a native checkpoint or codex compaction drops bodies**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/conversation_compression.py`, `agent/turn_finalizer.py`, `tests/agent/test_read_dedup_rewrite_boundaries.py`
- **#102136: fix(compression): reset skill_view dedup on codex app-server compaction (#101518)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `467902fdb3`, `#124231`
- **#105131: fix(compression): codex app-server compaction re-arms skill_view dedup**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `467902fdb3`, `#124231`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #124231 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-26`.
- Subsystem: `skills`