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Fix usage anchor persistence and compaction gating

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #104555 on 6 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A bug where agent_init cleared usage anchors before every turn made them ineffective, and related fixes ensure compaction gates use real provider usage rather than a byte-estimate heuristic.

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#104555 fix(compression): compaction gates follow the provider's real usage, never the bytes/4 estimate (#104462, salvage #99585 #100447)

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files: agent/agent_init.py, agent/codex_runtime.py, agent/context_breakdown.py, agent/context_compressor.py, agent/conversation_compression.py, agent/conversation_loop.py, agent/model_metadata.py, agent/turn_context.py, agent/turn_context_compaction.py, agent/turn_preflight.py, agent/turn_preflight_gate.py, agent/turn_request_assembly.py, agent/turn_usage.py, agent/usage_anchor.py, evals/token_accounting/replay_gates.py, gateway/run_turn.py, hermes_cli/cli_status_bar_mixin.py, tests/agent/test_budget_reasoning_details_exclusion.py, tests/agent/test_context_compressor.py, tests/agent/test_context_compressor_cross_session_guard.py (+8 more)

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#99585 fix(agent): persist usage anchors across agent_init · merged via another change → 1d06f7a, a9e56c0, c0aaa23, #104555

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Closed#99421[Bug]: usage anchor can never apply in the desktop group-chat deployment — agent_init clears it before every turn

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Merged PRs: #104555
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Fix link checked: 6 Sep 2026

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