# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix misclassified compaction handoffs in agent UI

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #132934: Compaction handoff republished as an assistant reply, with a paraphrased opener that defeats summary classification
- PR #132994: fix(agent): classify model-paraphrased compaction handoffs as summary rows
- PR #133232: fix(agent): stop showing model-paraphrased compaction handoffs as normal assistant replies (#132934, salvage #132994)

These issues address a bug where model-paraphrased compaction handoff messages are incorrectly displayed as normal assistant replies rather than being classified as summary rows. The fixes target the classification logic to correctly identify these handoffs even when their openers are paraphrased.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #132934: Compaction handoff republished as an assistant reply, with a paraphrased opener that defeats summary classification

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132994: fix(agent): classify model-paraphrased compaction handoffs as summary rows**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#132934`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `tests/agent/test_paraphrased_handoff_classification.py`
- **#133232: fix(agent): stop showing model-paraphrased compaction handoffs as normal assistant replies (#132934, salvage #132994)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `0009a6887c`, `0009a6887c`, `#132934`, `#132994`
  - files: `acp_adapter/server.py`, `agent/context_compressor.py`, `agent/context_compressor_handoff_drive.py`, `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `tests/agent/test_paraphrased_handoff_classification.py`, `tests/agent/test_reference_handoff_active_turn.py`

## Fix status

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