# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Compression loop stall and timeout fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where context compression enters an infinite or stuck loop, particularly when a stale lock is reclaimed or a preflight compression stalls, with changes aimed at preventing re-entry and enforcing timeouts.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #99710. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99710 (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-99710`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #98722: Runtime bug: continuous "Summarizing thread" loop — stale compression lock reclaimed, compression makes no progress for 600s, never escapes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#98424: fix(context): fail closed when preflight compression stalls**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `agent/turn_context.py`, `run_agent.py`, `tests/agent/test_aux_progress_streaming.py`, `tests/agent/test_compress_context_progress_timeout.py`, `tests/agent/test_preflight_compression_timeout_fail_closed.py`, `tests/agent/test_turn_context.py`
- **#99710: fix(agent): stop compression retries after host timeout (salvage #98741)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/conversation_compression.py`, `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `agent/turn_context.py`, `run_agent.py`, `tests/agent/test_compress_context_progress_timeout.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_compression_timeout_terminal.py`
- **#98741: fix(agent): stop long sessions from re-entering compression after timeout**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#99710`, `#98424`, `#97488`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99710 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-31`.