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Context compression thresholds, floors, and tool-call loop handling

Cluster 31600 · agent. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix attempted, not merged.

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Known?
Yes. 6 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
Fix event
No fix has been merged to main. 4 PRs closed without merging; see the attempts below.
Tracker
The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #52053. That is separate from the fix event.
Still open
Nothing open on GitHub.

Most members concern context compression behavior: three entries (apparently duplicates) make the minimum context floor configurable, and one bug report describes a hardcoded 64,000 minimum affecting auto-compression and tool loops. Two other entries touch related compression handling in the agent and gateway, so the cluster is adjacent rather than a single identical problem.

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Fixes on record

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  • #52053 fix(compression): make minimum context floor configurable (#31600)

    merged to main

    files: agent/agent_init.py, agent/context_compressor.py, agent/conversation_compression.py, agent/model_metadata.py, gateway/run.py, tests/gateway/test_agent_cache.py, tests/run_agent/test_compression_feasibility.py, tests/run_agent/test_compression_minimum_floor.py

4 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 2 · merged via another change 1 · other 1

  • #31686 fix(compression): make minimum context floor configurable (#31600) · superseded by another PR → #52053, #31600
  • #33825 fix(agent): compress after repeated tool-call truncation · superseded by another PR → #31600
  • #35888 fix(gateway): clear bloated compression binding on compression-exhaustion auto-reset · merged via another change → #45613
  • #54071 fix(compression): make minimum context floor configurable (#31600) · other → #31600
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#31600[Bug]: Hardcoded MINIMUM_CONTEXT_LENGTH = 64_000 deadlocks auto-compression and causes infinite tool loops on high-context models
How this cluster was grouped
  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.33: 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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4 PRs closed without merging

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