NousResearch/hermes-agent

Reject model refusals as valid compression summaries

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #118920 on 22 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and PRs concern a bug where the agent's summary validator incorrectly accepts model refusal responses as valid context compression summaries. The work focuses on detecting and rejecting such refusals rather than committing them as legitimate output.

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  • #118920 fix(agent): reject refusal responses instead of committing them as the compression summary

    merged to main

    files: agent/context_compressor.py, agent/micro_compaction.py, contributors/emails/[email protected], tests/agent/test_compressor_truncated_summary_guard.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #118385 fix(agent): reject refusal-only context summaries · merged via another change → #118363, #118406
  • #118406 fix(agent): reject refusal responses during compression · superseded by another PR → #118385, #118363
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#118363[Bug]: summary validator accepts a model refusal as a valid summary (committed, no content)
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Merged PRs
#118920
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2 PRs closed without merging
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22 Sep 2026

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