# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Compression/compaction dropping legacy clarify answers

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where the compaction or compression process discards clarify answers that were recorded in an older format. The fixes aim to preserve those legacy answers rather than silently dropping them.

## 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 #128346. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #128346 (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-128346`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #128286: \[Bug\]: Compaction drops clarify answers recorded before #127760

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128346: fix(compression): preserve legacy clarify answers without promoting notices**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_compressor.py`
- **#128287: fix(compression): keep a clarify result the summary cannot classify instead of dropping its answer**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#128346`, `#128286`, `#124187`
- **#128292: fix(compression): preserve legacy clarify answers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#128346`, `#128286`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #128346 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-01`.