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Skip compression when output would inflate context

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3 open items. Fix attempted, not merged.

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1 issue and 2 PRs.

These members address a bug where the ContextCompressor produces summaries larger than the original input, causing unnecessary or counterproductive compression. The fixes add logic to detect and skip compression when it would not reduce context size.

Open issues1

  • Issue#23811ContextCompressor inflates small sessions, causing rapid re-compression and splits

Open PRs2

  • PR#21470fix(compressor): skip compression when summary would inflate context
  • PR#25413fix: skip ineffective compression, add macOS lock stale detection
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  • Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item 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.

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