# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix lost context after fallback compaction summary

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where context captured in a fallback compaction summary is not carried forward into the next compaction cycle. The fix ensures subsequent summaries can build on fallback handoff data rather than losing it.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #125084. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #125084 (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-125084`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #125019: \[Bug\]: Context from a fallback compaction summary is lost at the next compaction

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#125084: fix(compression): let the next summary build on a fallback handoff**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_compressor_summary_continuity.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/context-compression-and-caching.md`
- **#125020: fix(compression): let the next summary build on a fallback handoff**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `e46d4c0ade`, `#125084`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #125084 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.