# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Context compression prompt wording and filter issues

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items introduce and iteratively refine a Codex-style compaction/compression prompt, with several follow-up fixes aimed at rephrasing the prompt preamble to avoid false-positive content filter rejections from Azure and OpenAI-compatible APIs.

## 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 #21302. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #21302 (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-21302`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #19362: \[Bug\]: Azure/OpenAI-compatible content filter still false-positives on context compression prompt

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#19381: fix(agent): rephrase compressor summariser preamble to avoid Azure content filter**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#19370`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#21302: fix(compressor): soften summary prompt for content filters (salvage #19456)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_compressor.py`
- **#19456: fix(compressor): soften summary prompt for content filters**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#19370`, `#19381`, `#19362`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #21302 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-07`.