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Transcript sanitiser loop detection and escalation

Cluster 96870 · agent. Data as of

2 open items. Fix merged in #99687 on 31 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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Known?
Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
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A fix was merged to main in PR #99687. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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0 issues and 2 PRs.

These items address a problem where the transcript sanitiser repeatedly triggers without surfacing meaningful feedback, adding counters, escalation policy, and a one-time user notice to make repeated healing loops visible rather than silent.

Open issues0

No open issues.

Open PRs2

  • PR#96916fix(agent): stop empty-transcript sanitizer from warning on every send (#96870)
  • PR#97417fix(agent): add escalation policy for sanitiser healing loops

Fixes on record

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  • #99687 feat(agent): escalate repeated transcript-sanitiser heals — counters, one ERROR, one-time user notice (#96870)

    merged to main

    files: agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py, agent/conversation_loop.py, cli-config.yaml.example, hermes_cli/config_defaults.py, hermes_cli/debug.py, hermes_cli/dump.py, tests/run_agent/test_sanitiser_escalation.py

Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#96870Silent recovery mode: sanitiser + Telegram adapter silently loop while user/agent sees nothing
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  • Pairwise link density 0.50: the share of item 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.

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#99687
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31 Aug 2026

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