# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix compaction mishandling denied tool calls

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where the compaction/compression process incorrectly summarizes a denied tool call as though it executed successfully, and drops any do-not-retry instructions associated with 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 #132159. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #132159 (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-132159`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #131673: \[Bug\]: compaction summarizes a denied tool call as if it ran and drops the do-not-retry instruction

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132159: Compaction no longer summarizes a denied tool call as if it ran (#131673, salvage #131674)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_compressor.py`
- **#131674: fix(compression): a denied tool call is not summarized as if it ran**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `23a20a218d`, `#132159`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #132159 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-03`.