# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix: summary sampling drops records silently

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where the summary input sampling silently discarded a significant portion of records before they reached the summarizer prompt. These members address a fix to preserve whole records and distribute the sampling budget evenly.

## 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 #118921. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #118921 (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-118921`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #118362: \[Bug\]: summary input sampling silently drops records \\u2014 426 of 1,551 record ids never reach the summarizer prompt

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118921: fix(agent): lean summary sampling keeps whole records and fills the budget evenly**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_compressor.py`, `tests/agent/test_lean_single_aux_call.py`
- **#118390: fix: preserve whole records in lean summary sampling**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#118362`, `#118564`
- **#118564: fix: preserve whole records in lean summary sampling**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#118390`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #118921 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-22`.