NousResearch/hermes-agent

Compression and compaction loop/budget edge cases

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #69830 on 23 Jul 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These members address pathological edge cases in compression and compaction: an infinite loop when compression is exhausted, a token budget override for problematic tails, and a feature request for an auto-forget sliding window when compression targets cannot be met.

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  • #69830 fix(compression): break the protected-tail dead-end on oversized messages

    merged to main

    files: agent/context_compressor.py, tests/agent/test_protected_tail_pressure_61932.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #67108 fix(compaction): let tail token budget override the message-count floor on pathological tails · merged via another change → 18d83b4, #69830, #61932, #61952
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#21916[Feature]: Compression logic deadlock: Suggest adding a sliding window "Auto-Forget" mechanism when compression targets fail
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#69830
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1 PR closed without merging
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23 Jul 2026

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