# NousResearch/hermes-agent · compression stall backoff and same-turn fallback retry

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #112397: fix(compression): persist stall backoff after same-turn fallback retry

These issues and fixes concern a bug where stall backoff suppresses the same-turn fallback retry during context compression, causing premature timeout errors. The work addresses how stall cooldown interacts with fallback chain recovery within a single turn.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113157. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113157 (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-113157`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #112387: \[Bug\]: stall backoff suppresses the same-turn compression fallback retry — turn ends with "Context compression timed out" although the fallback route works

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113157: fix(compression): stalled summary route recovers on fallback_chain in the same turn; stall cooldown covers the idle window (#112387, #112420, salvage #112389, #112504)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/compression_facade.py`, `agent/context_compressor.py`, `agent/conversation_compression.py`, `run_agent.py`, `tests/agent/test_compression_attempt_lifecycle.py`, `tests/agent/test_compression_stall_fallback.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/context-compression-and-caching.md`
- **#112389: fix(compression): retry stalled fallback in the same turn**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#112387`, `#112397`
- **#112397: fix(compression): persist stall backoff after same-turn fallback retry**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/conversation_compression.py`, `tests/agent/test_compression_stall_interrupt.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113157 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.
- Subsystem: `agent`