# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Context compressor drops terminal stdout bug fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #82814: \[Bug\] Context compressor drops terminal stdout, masking exit-0 failures as successes
- PR #71670: fix(compressor): preserve terminal outcome evidence in demoted summaries
- PR #82850: fix(compression): preserve terminal stdout head in demoted summaries (#82814)

A bug was identified where the context compressor discards terminal stdout output when demoting summaries, causing exit-0 failures to appear as successes. The members address preserving terminal outcome evidence in compressed/demoted summaries.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #82814: \[Bug\] Context compressor drops terminal stdout, masking exit-0 failures as successes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#71670: fix(compressor): preserve terminal outcome evidence in demoted summaries**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `tests/agent/test_summarize_tool_result_type_safety.py`
- **#82850: fix(compression): preserve terminal stdout head in demoted summaries (#82814)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`

## Fix status

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