hermes-agent/agent
Zhipeng Li 020601d41e fix(compression): drop conflicting 'resume Active Task' directive in summary prefix
SUMMARY_PREFIX previously contained two contradictory directives:

1. "treat it as background reference, NOT as active instructions"
   "Do NOT answer questions or fulfill requests mentioned in this summary"
   "Respond ONLY to the latest user message that appears AFTER this summary"

2. "Your current task is identified in the '## Active Task' section of the
    summary — resume exactly from there."

When the latest user message contradicted Active Task (e.g. 'stop the
i18n refactor', 'never mind, look at grafana instead'), models tended to
follow (2) anyway because 'resume exactly' is a strong, unambiguous
directive — leading to repeated re-surfacing of already-cancelled work
across turns, even after explicit 'stop'/'don't keep bringing that up'
messages from the user.

This change:
- Removes the conflicting 'resume exactly from Active Task' clause.
- Makes the precedence explicit: latest user message is the single source
  of truth; it WINS on conflict; cancelled Active Task / In Progress /
  Pending User Asks / Remaining Work must be discarded entirely (no
  'wrap up the old task first').
- Names canonical reverse signals (stop, undo, roll back, never mind,
  just verify, topic change) so the model recognizes them as cancellation
  triggers, not background context.
- Updates the summarizer template instruction so the LLM doesn't
  mechanically copy a cancelled task into Active Task on the next
  compaction (it's instructed to copy the reverse signal verbatim).
- Preserves: REFERENCE ONLY framing, MEMORY.md/USER.md authority, and
  the 'don't repeat work already reflected in session state' clause.

Adds tests/agent/test_summary_prefix_semantics.py to pin invariants so
the conflict can't regress.

Tested:
- All compaction tests pass: tests/agent/test_context_compressor.py,
  tests/agent/test_context_compressor_summary_continuity.py,
  tests/run_agent/test_413_compression.py,
  tests/run_agent/test_compression_persistence.py,
  tests/run_agent/test_compression_boundary_hook.py,
  tests/cli/test_manual_compress.py — 117/117 passing.
- Tested on macOS.
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lsp fix(lsp): handle Windows .cmd shims in LSP process spawn 2026-05-30 02:08:36 -07:00
secret_sources chore: prune unused imports and duplicate import redefinitions 2026-05-28 22:26:25 -07:00
transports chore: prune unused imports and duplicate import redefinitions 2026-05-28 22:26:25 -07:00
__init__.py fix(agent): preload jiter native parser 2026-05-28 00:20:11 -07:00
account_usage.py chore: ruff auto-fix PLR6201 — tuple → set in membership tests (#23937) 2026-05-11 11:13:25 -07:00
agent_init.py chore: prune unused imports and duplicate import redefinitions 2026-05-28 22:26:25 -07:00
agent_runtime_helpers.py fix(tool-search): scope bridge catalog + dispatch to the session's toolsets 2026-05-29 02:04:12 -07:00
anthropic_adapter.py style: restore PEP8 blank-line separation after dead-code removal 2026-05-29 04:22:27 -07:00
async_utils.py fix(async): close unscheduled coroutines in all threadsafe bridges (#26584) 2026-05-15 14:00:01 -07:00
auxiliary_client.py fix(auxiliary): pass base_url/api_key/api_mode through set_runtime_main for custom providers 2026-05-30 02:38:59 -07:00
azure_identity_adapter.py feat(azure-foundry): add Microsoft Entra ID auth 2026-05-18 10:14:38 -07:00
background_review.py test: cover ci-unblocker production regressions 2026-05-27 22:14:53 -07:00
bedrock_adapter.py chore: remove dead code — 28 unused functions/classes across 16 files 2026-05-29 04:22:27 -07:00
browser_provider.py fix(browser): self-review pass — dead-import, log levels, future-proofing 2026-05-17 04:04:15 -07:00
browser_registry.py style: restore PEP8 blank-line separation after dead-code removal 2026-05-29 04:22:27 -07:00
chat_completion_helpers.py fix(agent): strip schema-foreign keys from max-iterations summary request (#34436) 2026-05-30 00:22:53 -07:00
codex_responses_adapter.py feat(prompt): universal task-completion guidance + local Python toolchain probe (#34340) 2026-05-28 22:26:09 -07:00
codex_runtime.py chore: prune unused imports and duplicate import redefinitions 2026-05-28 22:26:25 -07:00
context_compressor.py fix(compression): drop conflicting 'resume Active Task' directive in summary prefix 2026-05-30 07:29:21 -07:00
context_engine.py fix(compression): avoid repeat preflight compaction from rough estimates 2026-05-29 19:05:03 -07:00
context_references.py fix(agent): fall back when rg is blocked for @folder references 2026-04-20 01:56:41 -07:00
conversation_compression.py fix(compression): avoid repeat preflight compaction from rough estimates 2026-05-29 19:05:03 -07:00
conversation_loop.py fix(gateway): recover model on post-interrupt turn; gate fallback status (#35381) 2026-05-30 07:28:06 -07:00
copilot_acp_client.py fix: guard yaml.safe_load, flock unlock, TOCTOU races, and atomic writes 2026-05-19 00:12:41 -07:00
credential_persistence.py fix: avoid persisting borrowed credential secrets (#31416) 2026-05-25 00:32:08 -07:00
credential_pool.py refactor(auth): remove vestigial Nous min_key_ttl/inference_auth_mode params 2026-05-29 02:24:48 -07:00
credential_sources.py docs(auth): replace stale 'hermes login' references with 'hermes auth add' 2026-05-26 15:41:11 -07:00
curator.py fix: preserve skill packages during curator consolidation 2026-05-27 13:39:58 -07:00
curator_backup.py chore: prune unused imports and duplicate import redefinitions 2026-05-28 22:26:25 -07:00
display.py chore(web): remove web_crawl tool + provider crawl plumbing (#33824) 2026-05-28 04:52:42 -07:00
error_classifier.py fix(agent): fallback immediately on provider content-policy blocks (#33883) 2026-05-28 07:28:24 -07:00
file_safety.py fix(security): add bws_cache.json to file_safety read guard 2026-05-28 23:31:20 -07:00
gemini_cloudcode_adapter.py fix(agent/gemini-cloudcode): seed delta defaults for reasoning-only stream chunks 2026-05-14 08:03:56 -07:00
gemini_native_adapter.py fix(auxiliary): evict async wrappers on poisoned client (follow-up to #23482) 2026-05-11 11:13:20 -07:00
gemini_schema.py chore: remove unused imports and dead locals (ruff F401, F841) (#17010) 2026-04-28 06:46:45 -07:00
google_code_assist.py chore: prune unused imports and duplicate import redefinitions 2026-05-28 22:26:25 -07:00
google_oauth.py fix(auth): don't launch a text-mode browser inside the terminal for OAuth (#34479) 2026-05-29 01:23:06 -07:00
i18n.py feat(i18n): localize all gateway commands + web dashboard, add 8 new locales (16 total) (#22914) 2026-05-10 07:14:14 -07:00
image_gen_provider.py fix(image_gen): cache xAI ephemeral URL responses to disk (#26942) (#31759) 2026-05-24 18:10:47 -07:00
image_gen_registry.py fix(plugins): filter resolution by is_available() in web + image_gen registries 2026-05-13 22:31:28 -07:00
image_routing.py feat(kanban): attach images referenced in task bodies to worker vision (#34210) 2026-05-28 17:50:42 -07:00
insights.py Merge branch 'main' into feat/dashboard-skill-analytics 2026-04-20 05:25:49 -07:00
iteration_budget.py refactor(run_agent): extract OpenAI proxy, safe stdio, IterationBudget 2026-05-16 17:59:32 -07:00
jiter_preload.py fix(agent): preload jiter native parser 2026-05-28 00:20:11 -07:00
lmstudio_reasoning.py feat(agent): add lmstudio integration 2026-04-28 12:27:36 -07:00
manual_compression_feedback.py fix(compression): include system prompt + tool schemas in token estimates (#18265) 2026-04-30 23:03:54 -07:00
markdown_tables.py fix(cli): vertical fallback for markdown tables wider than terminal (#23948) 2026-05-11 16:49:13 -07:00
memory_manager.py feat: expose completed-turn message context to memory providers 2026-05-29 02:16:43 +05:30
memory_provider.py feat: expose completed-turn message context to memory providers 2026-05-29 02:16:43 +05:30
message_sanitization.py refactor(run_agent): extract message sanitization to agent/message_sanitization.py 2026-05-16 17:41:09 -07:00
model_metadata.py fix: stop probe stepdown without provider context limit 2026-05-28 12:26:53 -07:00
models_dev.py remove Vercel AI Gateway and Vercel Sandbox (#33067) 2026-05-27 00:43:32 -07:00
moonshot_schema.py fix(moonshot): strip $ref siblings and collapse tuple items in tool schemas (#27104) 2026-05-16 13:02:19 -07:00
nous_rate_guard.py codebase: add encoding='utf-8' to all bare open() calls (PLW1514) 2026-05-08 14:27:40 -07:00
onboarding.py docs(onboarding): lead OpenClaw residue banner with migrate, warn that cleanup breaks OpenClaw (#17507) 2026-04-29 08:08:36 -07:00
plugin_llm.py feat(plugins): run any LLM call from inside a plugin via ctx.llm (#23194) 2026-05-10 07:09:28 -07:00
portal_tags.py feat(nous): unified client=hermes-client-v<version> tag on every Portal request (#24779) 2026-05-12 20:49:20 -07:00
process_bootstrap.py refactor(run_agent): extract OpenAI proxy, safe stdio, IterationBudget 2026-05-16 17:59:32 -07:00
prompt_builder.py feat: embedder environment-hint hook for the system prompt (#34574) 2026-05-29 04:10:05 -07:00
prompt_caching.py fix(cache): kill long-lived prefix layout — system prompt is now byte-static within a session (#24778) 2026-05-12 20:46:04 -07:00
rate_limit_tracker.py refactor: remove dead code — 1,784 lines across 77 files (#9180) 2026-04-13 16:32:04 -07:00
redact.py docs(security): fix secret redaction default docs 2026-05-29 12:06:22 -07:00
retry_utils.py feat(agent): add jittered retry backoff 2026-04-08 00:41:36 -07:00
shell_hooks.py fix: guard yaml.safe_load, flock unlock, TOCTOU races, and atomic writes 2026-05-19 00:12:41 -07:00
skill_bundles.py feat(skills): add skill bundles — alias /<name> loads multiple skills (#28373) 2026-05-18 21:38:05 -07:00
skill_commands.py fix(skills): load symlinked skill slash commands 2026-05-18 00:34:29 -07:00
skill_preprocessing.py fix: treat inline-shell timeout guard as timeout 2026-05-18 19:36:04 -07:00
skill_utils.py fix(skills): load Linux-tagged skills on Termux (android sys.platform) 2026-05-21 19:08:38 -07:00
stream_diag.py feat(agent): buffer retry/fallback status, surface only on terminal failure (#33816) 2026-05-28 04:53:27 -07:00
subdirectory_hints.py fix(subdirectory_hints): prevent loading AGENTS.md outside workspace 2026-05-25 23:17:33 -07:00
system_prompt.py feat(prompt): universal task-completion guidance + local Python toolchain probe (#34340) 2026-05-28 22:26:09 -07:00
think_scrubber.py fix(agent): stateful streaming scrubber for reasoning-block leaks (#17924) (#20184) 2026-05-05 04:33:38 -07:00
title_generator.py fix: improve telegram topic mode setup 2026-05-04 12:07:17 -07:00
tool_dispatch_helpers.py feat(security): promptware defense — shared threat patterns + memory load-time scan + tool-result delimiters (#32269) 2026-05-25 14:52:24 -07:00
tool_executor.py fix(tools): wrap _run_tool cleanup in finally to prevent interrupt state leak 2026-05-30 07:28:11 -07:00
tool_guardrails.py fix: add recovery hints to loop guard warnings 2026-05-19 00:12:12 -07:00
tool_result_classification.py fix: classify landed file mutations with diagnostics 2026-05-13 06:46:23 -07:00
trajectory.py Refactor Terminal and AIAgent cleanup 2026-02-21 22:31:43 -08:00
transcription_provider.py feat(stt): add register_transcription_provider() plugin hook 2026-05-25 01:41:19 -07:00
transcription_registry.py feat(stt): add register_transcription_provider() plugin hook 2026-05-25 01:41:19 -07:00
tts_provider.py feat(tts): add register_tts_provider() plugin hook (closes #30398) 2026-05-24 18:04:54 -07:00
tts_registry.py feat(tts): add register_tts_provider() plugin hook (closes #30398) 2026-05-24 18:04:54 -07:00
usage_pricing.py feat: add claude-opus-4.8 and claude-opus-4.8-fast (#34003) 2026-05-28 10:31:59 -07:00
video_gen_provider.py feat(video_gen): unified video_generate tool with pluggable provider backends (#25126) 2026-05-13 16:39:41 -07:00
video_gen_registry.py feat(video_gen): unified video_generate tool with pluggable provider backends (#25126) 2026-05-13 16:39:41 -07:00
web_search_provider.py chore(web): remove web_crawl tool + provider crawl plumbing (#33824) 2026-05-28 04:52:42 -07:00
web_search_registry.py chore(web): remove web_crawl tool + provider crawl plumbing (#33824) 2026-05-28 04:52:42 -07:00