Todo/policy state bugs during compression compaction

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 84718 · agent

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #85962. Check it covers your case.

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These items concern bugs where compaction incorrectly handles todo items and policy state, including stale todos persisting beyond their policy and todos being re-injected without revalidation. The focus is on correctness of todo and policy lifecycle during compression.

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  • #85962 fix(compaction): gate checkpoint replay/prune on current request eligibility (salvage #85919)

    merged to main

    files: agent/auxiliary_client.py, agent/codex_responses_adapter.py, agent/transports/codex.py, tests/run_agent/test_native_compaction.py

  • #86852 fix(compression): couple pruned-skill reload instruction to the preserved todo snapshot

    merged to main

    files: agent/conversation_compression.py, tests/agent/test_skill_todo_retention_parity.py

4 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2 · stale or abandoned 1 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #84808 fix(compression): stop stale todos from outliving their policy · stale or abandoned → #84718
  • #85878 fix(compression): require todo revalidation after compaction · done elsewhere → #85919, #85962, #84718
  • #86267 fix(compression): reframe preserved todos as planning context · superseded by another PR → #87090, #86852
  • #87090 fix(compression): close the compaction retention asymmetry completely (skills, todos, provenance, telemetry, anchor) - #84718 · done elsewhere
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#84718Compaction keeps the imperative and drops the policy: skills pruned mid-task while todos are re-injected verbatim (v0.19.1, gpt-5.6-luna)
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#85962, #86852
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4 PRs closed without merging
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15 Aug 2026

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