# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix anti-thrash breaker to limit compaction frequency

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #117574: fix(compression): anti-thrash breaker has no frequency dimension — 108 successful compactions trip nothing
- PR #117637: fix(compression): bound successful compaction frequency

These items address a bug where the anti-thrash breaker for compression lacked a frequency dimension, allowing a high number of successful compactions to occur without triggering any limit. The fixes add frequency-based bounding to the anti-thrash mechanism.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #117574: fix(compression): anti-thrash breaker has no frequency dimension — 108 successful compactions trip nothing

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117637: fix(compression): bound successful compaction frequency**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `agent/conversation_compression.py`, `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `agent/status_output.py`, `tests/agent/test_codex_app_server_compaction.py`, `tests/agent/test_compaction_anti_thrash.py`, `tests/agent/test_compression_anti_thrash_persistence.py`, `tests/agent/test_compression_lock_defer.py`
- **#127434: fix(compression): trip anti-thrash breaker on frequent successful compactions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#117574`

## Fix status

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