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Fix token accounting for compaction decisions

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1 open item. Fix merged in #104555 on 6 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address how compaction and overflow decisions use token counts, shifting from a rough bytes-divided-by-4 estimate to the provider's actual reported usage, and preventing provider-safe prompts from incorrectly triggering local compaction.

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  • Issue#104462Token accounting: every compaction/overflow decision uses the provider's real usage, never the bytes/4 estimate

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  • #104555 fix(compression): compaction gates follow the provider's real usage, never the bytes/4 estimate (#104462, salvage #99585 #100447)

    merged to main

    files: agent/agent_init.py, agent/codex_runtime.py, agent/context_breakdown.py, agent/context_compressor.py, agent/conversation_compression.py, agent/conversation_loop.py, agent/model_metadata.py, agent/turn_context.py, agent/turn_context_compaction.py, agent/turn_preflight.py, agent/turn_preflight_gate.py, agent/turn_request_assembly.py, agent/turn_usage.py, agent/usage_anchor.py, evals/token_accounting/replay_gates.py, gateway/run_turn.py, hermes_cli/cli_status_bar_mixin.py, tests/agent/test_budget_reasoning_details_exclusion.py, tests/agent/test_context_compressor.py, tests/agent/test_context_compressor_cross_session_guard.py (+8 more)

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From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

  • #104516 fix(compression): stop provider-safe prompts from triggering local compaction · done elsewhere → 1d06f7a, a9e56c0, #104555, #104462
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