# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Token budget recalculation bug on model switch

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where ContextCompressor's update_model() does not recalculate tail_token_budget and max_summary_tokens when the model changes, leaving stale values. The members consistently describe the problem and proposed fixes for this specific staleness issue.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #15558: \[Bug\]: update_model() leaves tail_token_budget and max_summary_tokens stale after model switch

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#14630: fix: recalculate token budgets on model switch in ContextCompressor**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#15560: fix(compressor): re-derive tail_token_budget and max_summary_tokens in update_model()**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#14630`, `#15558`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.