# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Truncated summary retry backoff and escalation fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #113322: \[Bug\] Truncated compaction summary is retried identically with no escalation, leaving the session permanently uncompacted
- PR #113334: fix(compression): stop capped summaries from wedging sessions

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.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 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 #115896. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115896 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

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

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115896: fix(compression): truncated summaries back off 60/300/900 s across turns instead of retrying every 30 s (#69637)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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`
- **#113327: fix(compression): escalate truncated summary retries**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `801e3fa6ddb2`, `#115896`, `#69637`
- **#113334: fix(compression): stop capped summaries from wedging sessions**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#113327`, `#113334`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `agent/context_compressor.py`, `agent/conversation_compression.py`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_client.py`, `tests/agent/test_compressor_truncated_summary_guard.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115896 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.
- Subsystem: `agent`