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Output-cap retry convergence fixes across components

Cluster 61761 · agent. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #90563. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and pull requests address a bug where the output-cap retry loop fails to converge, with fixes targeting retry margin escalation, isolation from compression, and vLLM-specific model metadata behavior.

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  • #90563 fix(agent): converge vLLM output-cap retries and recover relay 'maximum output tokens' rejections

    merged to main

    files: agent/conversation_loop.py, agent/model_metadata.py, contributors/emails/[redacted:email], contributors/emails/[redacted:email], tests/run_agent/test_run_agent.py, tests/test_output_cap_parsing.py

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 2 · merged via another change 1

  • #62197 fix(agent): isolate output-cap recovery from compression · superseded by another PR → #55546, #90563, #89923
  • #72826 fix(context): escalate the output-cap retry margin so it can converge · superseded by another PR → #61846, #61761
  • #89923 fix(model-metadata): converge output-cap retry on vLLM · merged via another change → #90563
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#61761Output-cap retry loop never converges when margin is erased by per-retry input-token drift
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3 PRs closed without merging
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20 Aug 2026

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