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preflight compression timeout and commit handling

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #114918 on 18 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address issues with preflight compression timing out, failing to commit over large contexts, and how over-limit contexts should be handled when the preflight watchdog and summary timeout interact unfavorably.

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  • #114918 fix(compression): timed-out preflight compaction sends a fitting request and prune-commits an over-window one instead of failing the turn (#114594, #113646, salvage #114635)

    merged to main

    files: agent/compression_facade.py, agent/context_compressor.py, agent/context_compressor_summary.py, agent/conversation_compression.py, agent/turn_context.py, hermes_cli/config_defaults.py, tests/agent/test_compress_context_progress_timeout.py, tests/agent/test_compression_stall_deterministic_fallback.py, tests/agent/test_compression_timeout_terminal.py, tests/agent/test_preflight_compression_timeout_fail_closed.py, tests/agent/test_preflight_timeout_typed_result.py, tests/agent/test_turn_context.py, tests/tui_gateway/test_compute_host_late_compress_ack.py, website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #114595 fix(compression): defer after timed-out preflight prune · superseded by another PR → 2d333e6, #114918, #114594, #113646, #114635
  • #114635 fix(agent): make preflight compression committable over large contexts · merged via another change → 2d333e6, #114918, #114594, #113646, #114635
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#114594Preflight compression structurally cannot commit: 120s no-progress watchdog < 180s summary timeout; over-limit context should emergency-prune, not auto-reset
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