# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Pre-API pressure loop and compression context fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #64382: \[Bug\]: Pre-API pressure loop bypasses context-engine eligibility and retries LCM no-ops
- PR #64401: fix(agent): make pre-API pressure loop context-engine aware (#64382)
- PR #79717: fix(compression): stop fresh-tail context overflow retry loops

These members address bugs in the pre-API pressure loop related to context-engine eligibility checks and compression retry behavior, including wiring up per-turn preflight hooks to prevent unnecessary or looping operations.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member 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.

## Open related issues

- #64382: \[Bug\]: Pre-API pressure loop bypasses context-engine eligibility and retries LCM no-ops

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#64401: fix(agent): make pre-API pressure loop context-engine aware (#64382)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `3476394531b1`, `#64382`, `#64401`, `#374151`
  - files: `agent/context_engine.py`, `agent/conversation_loop.py`
- **#79717: fix(compression): stop fresh-tail context overflow retry loops**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/context_engine.py`, `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_compression_deferred_soft_result.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_413_compression.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_run_agent_codex_responses.py`, `tests/tools/test_tool_result_storage.py`, `tools/tool_result_storage.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`