# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Prevent compaction summaries from embedding directives

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #120439: compaction: guard the summarizer's output against self-authored directives (section whitelist + directive-shape scan, regenerate once)
- PR #120772: fix(compaction): a summary must not carry instructions for the next context

These issues and PRs address a security or correctness concern where compaction summaries could contain self-authored instructions that influence subsequent context. Proposed mitigations include whitelisting summary sections, scanning for directive-shaped content, and regenerating summaries that fail these checks.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #120439: compaction: guard the summarizer's output against self-authored directives (section whitelist + directive-shape scan, regenerate once)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120455: compaction: reject self-authored directives in summaries via threat scan**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#1`
- **#120772: fix(compaction): a summary must not carry instructions for the next context**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `0d7e537f9fe1a2f4cfa47e7fbf8ef9066a9e82e5`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `agent/micro_compaction.py`, `tests/agent/test_compaction_directive_guard.py`

## Fix status

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