# NousResearch/hermes-agent · preflight compression timeout and commit handling

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## 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 #114918. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114918 (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-114918`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114594: Preflight compression structurally cannot commit: 120s no-progress watchdog < 180s summary timeout; over-limit context should emergency-prune, not auto-reset

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#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 · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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`
- **#114595: fix(compression): defer after timed-out preflight prune**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `2d333e68b21a`, `#114918`, `#114594`, `#113646`, `#114635`
- **#114635: fix(agent): make preflight compression committable over large contexts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `2d333e68b21a`, `#114918`, `#114594`, `#113646`, `#114635`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114918 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.