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Truncated summary retry backoff and escalation fixes

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2 open items. Fix merged in #115896 on 19 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and fixes address a bug where truncated or capped compression summaries caused sessions to retry identically without backoff or escalation. The changes introduce progressive retry delays and escalation logic to prevent sessions from becoming permanently uncompacted.

Open issues1

  • Issue#113322[Bug] Truncated compaction summary is retried identically with no escalation, leaving the session permanently uncompacted

Open PRs1

  • PR#113334fix(compression): stop capped summaries from wedging sessions

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  • #115896 fix(compression): truncated summaries back off 60/300/900 s across turns instead of retrying every 30 s (#69637)

    merged to main

    files: agent/context_compressor.py, agent/conversation_compression.py, tests/agent/test_compressor_truncated_summary_guard.py, website/docs/developer-guide/context-compression-and-caching.md

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #113327 fix(compression): escalate truncated summary retries · merged via another change → 801e3fa, #115896, #69637
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