# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Pending tool-call args exemption from context compression

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address how the context compressor handles pending or unexecuted tool-call arguments, specifically preventing them from being truncated or demoted during compression passes (Pass 3/4). The changes aim to protect live tool-call argument data from being clipped before it is sent.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #105574: fix(context-compressor): Pass 4 clips pending tool-call args pre-send

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#105598: fix(context-compressor): exempt pending tool-call args from Pass-3/4 truncation (#105574)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `7f020b4ad7`, `#115988`, `#83843`, `#83735`, `#87217`, `#108647`
- **#106707: fix(context-compressor): preserve unexecuted pending tool-call arguments during Pass 4 pressure demotion**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#105598`
- **#109262: fix(agent): exempt live/pending tool calls from context compressor pressure truncation (fixes #105574)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#105598`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.