# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Batch compaction incorrectly elevates temporary user instructions

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #113574: fix(agent): ground compaction constraints in user provenance

A bug where one-off user instructions given during batch context compaction could be incorrectly promoted into persistent Constraints & Preferences. The associated fixes address preserving operation-scoped compaction instructions and grounding compaction constraints by user provenance.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #113537: \[Bug\] Batch context compaction can promote one-off user instructions into standing Constraints & Preferences

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113543: fix(agent): preserve operation-scoped compaction instructions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#113574: fix(agent): ground compaction constraints in user provenance**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#113543`, `#113537`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_compressor.py`

## Fix status

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