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Fixes for infinite context compaction loop bug

Cluster 40803 · agent. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix attempted, not merged.

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No fix has been merged to main. 3 PRs closed without merging; see the attempts below.
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Multiple fixes and patches targeting an infinite loop condition in context compaction/compression, particularly triggered by low context length or token budget configurations. Includes anti-thrashing guards and tail budget protections.

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3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 3

  • #40813 fix(compressor): count no-op compressions toward anti-thrashing guard · done elsewhere → #40803
  • #40888 fix(agent): break infinite context compaction loop when tail budget exceeds transcript (#40803) · done elsewhere → #40803
  • #40976 fix(agent): prevent infinite context compression loop with small windows · done elsewhere → #40803
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#40803[Bug]: Infinite Context Compaction Loop (messages=N->N) on low context_length / limit configurations
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  • Pairwise link density 0.50: 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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