# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bounding summary-overload aborts to prevent session wipe

## Open now

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A bug was identified where sustained 5xx overload conditions on the summary route could trigger compression-exhausted aborts that guarantee a full session wipe. Related fixes address persisting overload escalation state and bounding these aborts to prevent that outcome.

## 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 #124118. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #124118 (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-124118`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #123167: \[Bug\]: terminal overload abort on the summary route turns a sustained 5xx into a guaranteed session wipe (compression_exhausted -> gateway auto-reset)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124118: fix(agent): bound sustained summary-overload aborts so they cannot guarantee a session wipe**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `agent/conversation_compression.py`, `hermes_cli/session_schema_history.py`, `hermes_state_common.py`, `hermes_state_compression.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_compressor.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/context-compression-and-caching.md`
- **#123186: fix(agent): bound sustained summary-overload aborts so they cannot guarantee a session wipe**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `74dc4ac1e432ac1fbbe27dd41b692bd59638875a`, `#124118`
- **#123415: fix(agent): persist sustained overload escalation across fresh agents**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `74dc4ac1e432ac1fbbe27dd41b692bd59638875a`, `#124118`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #124118 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-26`.