# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Legacy ContextCompressor bypass_cooldown compatibility fixes

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #104214: fix(agent): keep legacy context engines compressing during overflow recovery

These issues and pull requests address bugs where inherited ContextCompressor summary overrides break when bypass_cooldown is used, and where legacy context engines stop compressing during overflow recovery. The work focuses on maintaining compatibility between legacy summary hooks and newer bypass_cooldown behavior.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #104920. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104920 (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-104920`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #104176: \[Bug\]: inherited ContextCompressor summary overrides break on bypass_cooldown

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104920: fix: legacy context engines keep compressing (salvage #104214)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `agent/context_compressor_summary.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_compressor_summary_hook_compat.py`
- **#104214: fix(agent): keep legacy context engines compressing during overflow recovery**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_compressor_summary_hook_compat.py`
- **#104264: Fix #104176: inherited ContextCompressor summary overrides break on bypass_cooldown**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#104214`
- **#105081: fix(agent): omit unsupported bypass_cooldown for legacy summary hooks**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `4d3409f7ff`, `#104176`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104920 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.
- Subsystem: `agent`