NousResearch/hermes-agent

Compression preflight stall backoff and lifecycle fixes

Cluster 96775. Data as of 2026-10-30 11:57 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #98999 on 31 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address a bug where stalled preflight compression interrupted without durable backoff would re-enter the same strategy, and related fixes covering worker teardown, backoff persistence on cancel, and supersession handling in the compression attempt lifecycle.

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#98999 fix(compression): attempt lifecycle — worker teardown, durable backoff, supersession, no false auto-reset (#97488, #96775)

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files: agent/context_compressor.py, agent/conversation_compression.py, agent/conversation_loop.py, gateway/run.py, hermes_state.py, run_agent.py, tests/agent/test_compress_context_progress_timeout.py, tests/agent/test_compression_attempt_lifecycle.py, tests/agent/test_compression_concurrent_fork.py, tests/agent/test_compression_review_76354.py, tests/agent/test_compression_stall_interrupt_96775.py, tests/agent/test_context_compressor.py, tests/gateway/test_session_hygiene.py

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#96784 fix(compression): persist stall-interrupted backoff on pre-commit cancel (#96775) · merged via another change → ed3562b, #98999

Closed issues · 1

Closed#96775[Bug] Stalled preflight compression interrupted with no durable backoff re-enters the same strategy

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Merged PRs: #98999
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Fix link checked: 31 Aug 2026

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