# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Infinite loop from compaction fixed-point not detected

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #109682: \[Bug\]: No fixed-point detection across consecutive near-identical compactions + continuation nudges — loop runs indefinitely when the task is re-truncated after every compaction
- PR #109912: fix(agent): back off when consecutive compactions stop shrinking

These items address a bug where consecutive compactions that stop shrinking the output fail to detect a fixed point, causing truncation-nudge cycles to repeat indefinitely. Fixes involve detecting the fixed point and backing off when compactions no longer make progress.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #109682: \[Bug\]: No fixed-point detection across consecutive near-identical compactions + continuation nudges — loop runs indefinitely when the task is re-truncated after every compaction

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109912: fix(agent): back off when consecutive compactions stop shrinking**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `bda383a83f`, `1bf6275e50`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_compressor.py`
- **#109978: fix(compaction): a compaction size fixed point ends the truncation-nudge loop**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `ea51325186`, `605ad26143`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`