# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Context compaction threshold bug and doc fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug where the context compaction threshold fails to trigger during long sessions, along with a related documentation correction and a fix to ensure the local compressor uses the correct threshold key when native compaction is disabled.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #115889. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115889 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-115889`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #101867: Context compaction (codex_responses_compact_threshold) never fires for long-running openai-codex sessions, leading to unbounded context growth and a full event-loop stall

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115889: docs(compression): codex_responses_compact_threshold row names the codex_responses_native gate and the local threshold keys (#101867)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `website/docs/developer-guide/context-compression-and-caching.md`
- **#102059: fix(compression): use codex_responses_compact_threshold for local compressor when native disabled (#101867)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `deecebacfe`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115889 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.