# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Native compaction threshold not following local trigger setting

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where the native response compaction threshold defaults to 200K instead of deriving from the locally configured trigger value. Two fixes address how the native threshold is calculated or unset relative to the local trigger.

## 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 #98542. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #98542 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-98542`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #88695: \[Bug\]: Native Responses compaction still fires at the 200K default while the Codex OAuth window is now 900K

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#98542: fix(compression): native Codex compaction no longer fires at the stale 200K default on 900K windows (#88695, salvage #88722)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/native_compaction.py`, `cli-config.yaml.example`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_native_compaction.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/context-compression-and-caching.md`
- **#88717: fix(compaction): unset native threshold follows the local trigger**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#88722`, `#88695`
- **#88722: fix(compression): derive native threshold from local trigger**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#98542`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #98542 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-30`.
- Subsystem: `agent`