Context compression silently failed when the auxiliary compression model's
context window was smaller than the main model's compression threshold
(e.g. GLM-4.5-air at 131k paired with a 150k threshold). The feasibility
check warned but the session kept running and compression attempts errored
out mid-conversation.
Two changes in _check_compression_model_feasibility():
1. Hard floor: if detected aux context < MINIMUM_CONTEXT_LENGTH (64k),
raise ValueError so the session refuses to start. Mirrors the existing
main-model rejection at AIAgent.__init__ line 1600. A compression model
below 64k cannot summarise a full threshold-sized window.
2. Auto-correct: when aux context is >= 64k but below the computed
threshold, lower the live compressor's threshold_tokens to aux_context
(and update threshold_percent to match so later update_model() calls
stay in sync). Warning reworded to say what was done and how to
persist the fix in config.yaml.
Only ValueError re-raises; other exceptions in the check remain swallowed
as non-fatal.
Commit 4a9c3565 added a reference to `self.config` in
`_check_compression_model_feasibility()` to pass the user-configured
`auxiliary.compression.context_length` to `get_model_context_length()`.
However, `AIAgent` never stores the loaded config dict as an instance
attribute — the config is loaded into a local variable `_agent_cfg` in
`__init__()` and discarded after init.
This causes an `AttributeError: 'AIAgent' object has no attribute
'config'` on every session start when compression is enabled, caught by
the try/except and logged as a non-fatal DEBUG message.
Fix: store the loaded config as `self._config` in `__init__()` and
update the reference in the feasibility check to use `self._config`.
- Test that auxiliary.compression.context_length from config is forwarded
to get_model_context_length (positive case)
- Test that invalid/non-integer config values are silently ignored
- Fix _make_agent() to set config=None (cherry-picked code reads self.config)
Two-phase design so the warning fires before the user's first message
on every platform:
Phase 1 (__init__):
_check_compression_model_feasibility() runs during agent construction.
Resolves the auxiliary compression model (same chain as call_llm with
task='compression'), compares its context length to the main model's
compression threshold. If too small, emits via _emit_status() (prints
for CLI) and stores the warning in _compression_warning.
Phase 2 (run_conversation, first call):
_replay_compression_warning() re-sends the stored warning through
status_callback — which the gateway wires AFTER construction. The
warning is then cleared so it only fires once.
This ensures:
- CLI users see the warning immediately at startup (right after the
context limit line)
- Gateway users (Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Matrix,
Mattermost, Home Assistant, DingTalk, etc.) receive it via
status_callback('lifecycle', ...) on their first message
- logger.warning() always hits agent.log regardless of platform
Also warns when no auxiliary LLM provider is configured at all.
Entire check wrapped in try/except — never blocks startup.
11 tests covering: core warning logic, boundary conditions, exception
safety, two-phase store+replay, gateway callback wiring, and
single-delivery guarantee.
