# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Agent compaction: synthetic vs real task classification

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #82445: fix(agent): recognize pre-verify and kanban stop-loop nudges as synthetic during compaction
- PR #82464: fix(agent): keep real tasks as compaction anchors after dynamic retries
- PR #82533: fix(agent): recognize kanban stop nudge as synthetic during compaction (#82445)

These changes fix how the agent distinguishes synthetic nudge messages (pre-verify, kanban stop-loop) from real tasks during compaction, ensuring genuine tasks are preserved as anchors while synthetic ones are correctly excluded.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #82445: fix(agent): recognize pre-verify and kanban stop-loop nudges as synthetic during compaction

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#82464: fix(agent): keep real tasks as compaction anchors after dynamic retries**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `agent/kanban_stop.py`, `agent/verify_hooks.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_compressor_zero_user_provenance.py`
- **#82533: fix(agent): recognize kanban stop nudge as synthetic during compaction (#82445)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#95488`, `#1`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `agent/kanban_stop.py`

## Fix status

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