# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Reset compression attempt counter after success

## Open now

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A bug where successful in-place compression incorrectly consumed the shared per-turn attempt budget, causing failures in long tool loops. The fix resets the attempt counter after a successful compression or compaction.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #85846. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #85846 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #72451: \[Bug\]: Successful in-place compression exhausts the shared per-turn attempt budget in long tool loops

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#85846: fix(compression): rearm attempt budget after verified recovery**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_compression_budget_refund.py`
- **#72531: fix(compression): reset attempt counter after successful model response**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `380e4da3d1d6`, `#72451`, `#85846`
- **#72616: fix(agent): reset compression attempt counter after successful compaction (#72451)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `380e4da3d1d6`, `#72451`, `#85846`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #85846 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-14`.
- Subsystem: `agent`