# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Compress command progress UI and input blocking

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern adding visible progress indicators, spinners, and input blocking during /compress operations, as well as surfacing warnings when compression is blocked by cooldown or anti-thrash conditions.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #69857. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #69857 (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: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.29`: 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

- #9231: feat: /compress should show progress UI and block input during compression
- #62708: Silent context-overflow: no warning when compression is blocked (cooldown/anti-thrash) + no in-progress indicator

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69857: fix(compression): warn the user when compression is blocked but context keeps growing**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `agent/context_engine.py`, `agent/conversation_compression.py`, `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `agent/turn_context.py`, `contributors/emails/stanislav@local`, `run_agent.py`, `tests/agent/test_turn_context.py`, `tests/agent/test_turn_context_overflow_warning.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_noise_filter.py`
- **#9235: fix(cli): block input and show spinner during /compress**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
- **#62625: Surface warning when context exceeds compression threshold but compression is blocked**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `01b045190`, `#69857`
- **#62626: Show in-progress indicator while /compress runs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #69857 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-23`.
- Subsystem: `agent`