# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Exclude reasoning/completion tokens from compression trigger

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where compression triggers incorrectly included reasoning and completion tokens, causing premature session splits for thinking models. Multiple fixes were proposed to correct token accounting in the compression threshold logic.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #13006. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #13006 (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-13006`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #12026: \[Bug\]: Compression trigger includes reasoning tokens, causing premature session splits for thinking models (GLM-5.1, QwQ, etc.)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#13006: fix(compression): exclude completion tokens from compression trigger (#12026)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `run_agent.py`, `scripts/release.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_compression_trigger_excludes_reasoning.py`
- **#12028: fix: token accounting fallback + compression trigger for reasoning models**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#13006`, `#12023`
- **#12055: fix: exclude completion_tokens from compression trigger for thinking models (#12026)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `volume_quota`; implication `active`
- **#12481: fix: exclude reasoning tokens from compression trigger threshold**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#13006`
- **#12783: fix(compression): exclude completion_tokens from compression trigger to prevent premature splits**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#13006`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #13006 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-04-20`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.