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Fix stale reasoning token counts in budget estimation

Cluster 73624 · agent. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #82116 on 9 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These members address a bug where _estimate_msg_budget_tokens incorrectly charges stale reasoning blocks against the tail budget, consuming 19–24% of the budget on blocks that are never replayed. The fix ensures actual, current reasoning token counts are used instead of stale values.

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  • #82116 fix(compression): charge stale thinking to the tail budget only on the newest assistant turn (#73624)

    merged to main

    files: agent/context_compressor.py, tests/agent/test_replay_budget_accounting.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: partial fix 1 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #73669 fix(agent): exclude stale reasoning from tail-budget walks · partial fix → 2516b3d, #73624, #73669, #73730, #1, #15803, #14532, #6, #9, #374151, #4338
  • #73730 fix(agent): use actual reasoning tokens in _estimate_msg_budget_tokens instead of stale · superseded by another PR → #82116, #73624
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#73624`_estimate_msg_budget_tokens` charges stale reasoning to the compression tail budget — 19-24% of the budget spent on blocks no adapter replays
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