# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Compaction task heading name mismatch fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a mismatch between the heading name used in compaction update instructions ('## Active Task') and the heading actually emitted by the summarizer template ('## Historical Task Snapshot'). The work involves correcting heading references and alias handling during snapshot grounding and compaction summary generation.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114757. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114757 (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-114757`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114479: \[Bug\]: Compaction update instruction names "## Active Task" but the template emits "## Historical Task Snapshot"

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114757: fix(compression): compaction summaries keep one task-snapshot section when the summarizer emits "## Active Task" (#114479, salvage #114480, #114553)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/agent/test_compression_small_ctx_threshold_floor.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_compressor_task_heading.py`
- **#114480: fix(compaction): name the emitted task heading in the update instruction**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `ffe69fd71101`, `#114757`, `#114479`, `#114480`, `#114553`
- **#114553: fix(compression): replace alias task headings during snapshot grounding**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `ffe69fd71101`, `#114757`, `#114479`, `#114480`, `#114553`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114757 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.