hermes-agent/tests/agent/test_context_compressor.py
Teknium c8aff74632
fix: prevent agent from stopping mid-task — compression floor, budget overhaul, activity tracking
Three root causes of the 'agent stops mid-task' gateway bug:

1. Compression threshold floor (64K tokens minimum)
   - The 50% threshold on a 100K-context model fired at 50K tokens,
     causing premature compression that made models lose track of
     multi-step plans.  Now threshold_tokens = max(50% * context, 64K).
   - Models with <64K context are rejected at startup with a clear error.

2. Budget warning removal — grace call instead
   - Removed the 70%/90% iteration budget warnings entirely.  These
     injected '[BUDGET WARNING: Provide your final response NOW]' into
     tool results, causing models to abandon complex tasks prematurely.
   - Now: no warnings during normal execution.  When the budget is
     actually exhausted (90/90), inject a user message asking the model
     to summarise, allow one grace API call, and only then fall back
     to _handle_max_iterations.

3. Activity touches during long terminal execution
   - _wait_for_process polls every 0.2s but never reported activity.
     The gateway's inactivity timeout (default 1800s) would fire during
     long-running commands that appeared 'idle.'
   - Now: thread-local activity callback fires every 10s during the
     poll loop, keeping the gateway's activity tracker alive.
   - Agent wires _touch_activity into the callback before each tool call.

Also: docs update noting 64K minimum context requirement.

Closes #7915 (root cause was agent-loop termination, not Weixin delivery limits).
2026-04-11 16:18:57 -07:00

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"""Tests for agent/context_compressor.py — compression logic, thresholds, truncation fallback."""
import pytest
from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
from agent.context_compressor import ContextCompressor, SUMMARY_PREFIX
@pytest.fixture()
def compressor():
"""Create a ContextCompressor with mocked dependencies."""
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=100000):
c = ContextCompressor(
model="test/model",
threshold_percent=0.85,
protect_first_n=2,
protect_last_n=2,
quiet_mode=True,
)
return c
class TestShouldCompress:
def test_below_threshold(self, compressor):
compressor.last_prompt_tokens = 50000
assert compressor.should_compress() is False
def test_above_threshold(self, compressor):
compressor.last_prompt_tokens = 90000
assert compressor.should_compress() is True
def test_exact_threshold(self, compressor):
compressor.last_prompt_tokens = 85000
assert compressor.should_compress() is True
def test_explicit_tokens(self, compressor):
assert compressor.should_compress(prompt_tokens=90000) is True
assert compressor.should_compress(prompt_tokens=50000) is False
class TestUpdateFromResponse:
def test_updates_fields(self, compressor):
compressor.update_from_response({
"prompt_tokens": 5000,
"completion_tokens": 1000,
"total_tokens": 6000,
})
assert compressor.last_prompt_tokens == 5000
assert compressor.last_completion_tokens == 1000
def test_missing_fields_default_zero(self, compressor):
compressor.update_from_response({})
assert compressor.last_prompt_tokens == 0
class TestCompress:
def _make_messages(self, n):
return [{"role": "user" if i % 2 == 0 else "assistant", "content": f"msg {i}"} for i in range(n)]
def test_too_few_messages_returns_unchanged(self, compressor):
msgs = self._make_messages(4) # protect_first=2 + protect_last=2 + 1 = 5 needed
result = compressor.compress(msgs)
assert result == msgs
def test_truncation_fallback_no_client(self, compressor):
# compressor has client=None, so should use truncation fallback
msgs = [{"role": "system", "content": "System prompt"}] + self._make_messages(10)
result = compressor.compress(msgs)
assert len(result) < len(msgs)
# Should keep system message and last N
assert result[0]["role"] == "system"
assert compressor.compression_count == 1
def test_compression_increments_count(self, compressor):
msgs = self._make_messages(10)
compressor.compress(msgs)
assert compressor.compression_count == 1
compressor.compress(msgs)
assert compressor.compression_count == 2
def test_protects_first_and_last(self, compressor):
msgs = self._make_messages(10)
result = compressor.compress(msgs)
# First 2 messages should be preserved (protect_first_n=2)
# Last 2 messages should be preserved (protect_last_n=2)
assert result[-1]["content"] == msgs[-1]["content"]
# The second-to-last tail message may have the summary merged
# into it when a double-collision prevents a standalone summary
# (head=assistant, tail=user in this fixture). Verify the
# original content is present in either case.
assert msgs[-2]["content"] in result[-2]["content"]
class TestGenerateSummaryNoneContent:
"""Regression: content=None (from tool-call-only assistant messages) must not crash."""
def test_none_content_does_not_crash(self):
mock_response = MagicMock()
mock_response.choices = [MagicMock()]
mock_response.choices[0].message.content = "[CONTEXT SUMMARY]: tool calls happened"
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=100000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True)
messages = [
{"role": "user", "content": "do something"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": None, "tool_calls": [
{"function": {"name": "search"}}
]},
{"role": "tool", "content": "result"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": None},
{"role": "user", "content": "thanks"},
]
with patch("agent.context_compressor.call_llm", return_value=mock_response):
summary = c._generate_summary(messages)
assert isinstance(summary, str)
assert summary.startswith(SUMMARY_PREFIX)
def test_none_content_in_system_message_compress(self):
"""System message with content=None should not crash during compress."""
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=100000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True, protect_first_n=2, protect_last_n=2)
msgs = [{"role": "system", "content": None}] + [
{"role": "user" if i % 2 == 0 else "assistant", "content": f"msg {i}"}
for i in range(10)
]
result = c.compress(msgs)
assert len(result) < len(msgs)
class TestNonStringContent:
"""Regression: content as dict (e.g., llama.cpp tool calls) must not crash."""
def test_dict_content_coerced_to_string(self):
mock_response = MagicMock()
mock_response.choices = [MagicMock()]
mock_response.choices[0].message.content = {"text": "some summary"}
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=100000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True)
messages = [
{"role": "user", "content": "do something"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "ok"},
]
with patch("agent.context_compressor.call_llm", return_value=mock_response):
summary = c._generate_summary(messages)
assert isinstance(summary, str)
assert summary.startswith(SUMMARY_PREFIX)
def test_none_content_coerced_to_empty(self):
mock_response = MagicMock()
mock_response.choices = [MagicMock()]
mock_response.choices[0].message.content = None
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=100000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True)
messages = [
{"role": "user", "content": "do something"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "ok"},
]
with patch("agent.context_compressor.call_llm", return_value=mock_response):
summary = c._generate_summary(messages)
# None content → empty string → standardized compaction handoff prefix added
assert summary is not None
assert summary == SUMMARY_PREFIX
def test_summary_call_does_not_force_temperature(self):
mock_response = MagicMock()
mock_response.choices = [MagicMock()]
mock_response.choices[0].message.content = "ok"
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=100000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True)
messages = [
{"role": "user", "content": "do something"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "ok"},
]
with patch("agent.context_compressor.call_llm", return_value=mock_response) as mock_call:
c._generate_summary(messages)
kwargs = mock_call.call_args.kwargs
assert "temperature" not in kwargs
class TestSummaryFailureCooldown:
def test_summary_failure_enters_cooldown_and_skips_retry(self):
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=100000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True)
messages = [
{"role": "user", "content": "do something"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "ok"},
]
with patch("agent.context_compressor.call_llm", side_effect=Exception("boom")) as mock_call:
first = c._generate_summary(messages)
second = c._generate_summary(messages)
assert first is None
assert second is None
assert mock_call.call_count == 1
class TestSummaryPrefixNormalization:
def test_legacy_prefix_is_replaced(self):
summary = ContextCompressor._with_summary_prefix("[CONTEXT SUMMARY]: did work")
assert summary == f"{SUMMARY_PREFIX}\ndid work"
def test_existing_new_prefix_is_not_duplicated(self):
summary = ContextCompressor._with_summary_prefix(f"{SUMMARY_PREFIX}\ndid work")
assert summary == f"{SUMMARY_PREFIX}\ndid work"
class TestCompressWithClient:
def test_summarization_path(self):
mock_client = MagicMock()
mock_response = MagicMock()
mock_response.choices = [MagicMock()]
mock_response.choices[0].message.content = "[CONTEXT SUMMARY]: stuff happened"
mock_client.chat.completions.create.return_value = mock_response
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=100000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True, protect_first_n=2, protect_last_n=2)
msgs = [{"role": "user" if i % 2 == 0 else "assistant", "content": f"msg {i}"} for i in range(10)]
with patch("agent.context_compressor.call_llm", return_value=mock_response):
result = c.compress(msgs)
# Should have summary message in the middle
contents = [m.get("content", "") for m in result]
assert any(c.startswith(SUMMARY_PREFIX) for c in contents)
assert len(result) < len(msgs)
def test_summarization_does_not_split_tool_call_pairs(self):
mock_client = MagicMock()
mock_response = MagicMock()
mock_response.choices = [MagicMock()]
mock_response.choices[0].message.content = "[CONTEXT SUMMARY]: compressed middle"
mock_client.chat.completions.create.return_value = mock_response
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=100000):
c = ContextCompressor(
model="test",
quiet_mode=True,
protect_first_n=3,
protect_last_n=4,
)
msgs = [
{"role": "user", "content": "Could you address the reviewer comments in PR#71"},
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "",
"tool_calls": [
{"id": "call_a", "type": "function", "function": {"name": "skill_view", "arguments": "{}"}},
{"id": "call_b", "type": "function", "function": {"name": "skill_view", "arguments": "{}"}},
],
},
{"role": "tool", "tool_call_id": "call_a", "content": "output a"},
{"role": "tool", "tool_call_id": "call_b", "content": "output b"},
{"role": "user", "content": "later 1"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "later 2"},
{"role": "tool", "tool_call_id": "call_x", "content": "later output"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "later 3"},
{"role": "user", "content": "later 4"},
]
with patch("agent.context_compressor.call_llm", return_value=mock_response):
result = c.compress(msgs)
answered_ids = {
msg.get("tool_call_id")
for msg in result
if msg.get("role") == "tool" and msg.get("tool_call_id")
}
for msg in result:
if msg.get("role") == "assistant" and msg.get("tool_calls"):
for tc in msg["tool_calls"]:
assert tc["id"] in answered_ids
def test_summary_role_avoids_consecutive_user_messages(self):
"""Summary role should alternate with the last head message to avoid consecutive same-role messages."""
mock_client = MagicMock()
mock_response = MagicMock()
mock_response.choices = [MagicMock()]
mock_response.choices[0].message.content = "[CONTEXT SUMMARY]: stuff happened"
mock_client.chat.completions.create.return_value = mock_response
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=100000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True, protect_first_n=2, protect_last_n=2)
# Last head message (index 1) is "assistant" → summary should be "user".
# With min_tail=3, tail = last 3 messages (indices 5-7).
# head_last=assistant, tail_first=assistant → summary_role="user", no collision.
# Need 8 messages: min_for_compress = 2+3+1 = 6, must have > 6.
msgs = [
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 0"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 1"},
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 2"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 3"},
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 4"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 5"},
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 6"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 7"},
]
with patch("agent.context_compressor.call_llm", return_value=mock_response):
result = c.compress(msgs)
summary_msg = [
m for m in result if (m.get("content") or "").startswith(SUMMARY_PREFIX)
]
assert len(summary_msg) == 1
assert summary_msg[0]["role"] == "user"
def test_summary_role_avoids_consecutive_user_when_head_ends_with_user(self):
"""When last head message is 'user', summary must be 'assistant' to avoid two consecutive user messages."""
mock_client = MagicMock()
mock_response = MagicMock()
mock_response.choices = [MagicMock()]
mock_response.choices[0].message.content = "[CONTEXT SUMMARY]: stuff happened"
mock_client.chat.completions.create.return_value = mock_response
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=100000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True, protect_first_n=3, protect_last_n=2)
# Last head message (index 2) is "user" → summary should be "assistant"
msgs = [
{"role": "system", "content": "system prompt"},
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 1"},
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 2"}, # last head — user
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 3"},
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 4"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 5"},
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 6"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 7"},
]
with patch("agent.context_compressor.call_llm", return_value=mock_response):
result = c.compress(msgs)
summary_msg = [
m for m in result if (m.get("content") or "").startswith(SUMMARY_PREFIX)
]
assert len(summary_msg) == 1
assert summary_msg[0]["role"] == "assistant"
def test_summary_role_flips_to_avoid_tail_collision(self):
"""When summary role collides with the first tail message but flipping
doesn't collide with head, the role should be flipped."""
mock_response = MagicMock()
mock_response.choices = [MagicMock()]
mock_response.choices[0].message.content = "summary text"
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=100000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True, protect_first_n=2, protect_last_n=2)
# Head ends with tool (index 1), tail starts with user (index 6).
# Default: tool → summary_role="user" → collides with tail.
# Flip to "assistant" → tool→assistant is fine.
msgs = [
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 0"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "", "tool_calls": [
{"id": "call_1", "type": "function", "function": {"name": "t", "arguments": "{}"}},
]},
{"role": "tool", "tool_call_id": "call_1", "content": "result 1"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 3"},
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 4"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 5"},
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 6"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 7"},
]
with patch("agent.context_compressor.call_llm", return_value=mock_response):
result = c.compress(msgs)
# Verify no consecutive user or assistant messages
for i in range(1, len(result)):
r1 = result[i - 1].get("role")
r2 = result[i].get("role")
if r1 in ("user", "assistant") and r2 in ("user", "assistant"):
assert r1 != r2, f"consecutive {r1} at indices {i-1},{i}"
def test_double_collision_merges_summary_into_tail(self):
"""When neither role avoids collision with both neighbors, the summary
should be merged into the first tail message rather than creating a
standalone message that breaks role alternation.
Common scenario: head ends with 'assistant', tail starts with 'user'.
summary='user' collides with tail, summary='assistant' collides with head.
"""
mock_response = MagicMock()
mock_response.choices = [MagicMock()]
mock_response.choices[0].message.content = "summary text"
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=100000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True, protect_first_n=3, protect_last_n=3)
# Head: [system, user, assistant] → last head = assistant
# Tail: [user, assistant, user] → first tail = user
# summary_role="user" collides with tail, "assistant" collides with head → merge
msgs = [
{"role": "system", "content": "system prompt"},
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 1"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 2"},
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 3"}, # compressed
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 4"}, # compressed
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 5"}, # compressed
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 6"}, # tail start
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 7"},
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 8"},
]
with patch("agent.context_compressor.call_llm", return_value=mock_response):
result = c.compress(msgs)
# Verify no consecutive user or assistant messages
for i in range(1, len(result)):
r1 = result[i - 1].get("role")
r2 = result[i].get("role")
if r1 in ("user", "assistant") and r2 in ("user", "assistant"):
assert r1 != r2, f"consecutive {r1} at indices {i-1},{i}"
# The summary text should be merged into the first tail message
first_tail = [m for m in result if "msg 6" in (m.get("content") or "")]
assert len(first_tail) == 1
assert "summary text" in first_tail[0]["content"]
def test_double_collision_user_head_assistant_tail(self):
"""Reverse double collision: head ends with 'user', tail starts with 'assistant'.
summary='assistant' collides with tail, 'user' collides with head → merge."""
mock_response = MagicMock()
mock_response.choices = [MagicMock()]
mock_response.choices[0].message.content = "summary text"
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=100000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True, protect_first_n=2, protect_last_n=2)
# Head: [system, user] → last head = user
# Tail: [assistant, user, assistant] → first tail = assistant
# summary_role="assistant" collides with tail, "user" collides with head → merge
# With min_tail=3, tail = last 3 messages (indices 5-7).
# Need 8 messages: min_for_compress = 2+3+1 = 6, must have > 6.
msgs = [
{"role": "system", "content": "system prompt"},
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 1"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 2"}, # compressed
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 3"}, # compressed
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 4"}, # compressed
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 5"}, # tail start
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 6"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 7"},
]
with patch("agent.context_compressor.call_llm", return_value=mock_response):
result = c.compress(msgs)
# Verify no consecutive user or assistant messages
for i in range(1, len(result)):
r1 = result[i - 1].get("role")
r2 = result[i].get("role")
if r1 in ("user", "assistant") and r2 in ("user", "assistant"):
assert r1 != r2, f"consecutive {r1} at indices {i-1},{i}"
# The summary should be merged into the first tail message (assistant at index 5)
first_tail = [m for m in result if "msg 5" in (m.get("content") or "")]
assert len(first_tail) == 1
assert "summary text" in first_tail[0]["content"]
def test_no_collision_scenarios_still_work(self):
"""Verify that the common no-collision cases (head=assistant/tail=assistant,
head=user/tail=user) still produce a standalone summary message."""
mock_response = MagicMock()
mock_response.choices = [MagicMock()]
mock_response.choices[0].message.content = "summary text"
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=100000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True, protect_first_n=2, protect_last_n=2)
# Head=assistant, Tail=assistant → summary_role="user", no collision.
# With min_tail=3, tail = last 3 messages (indices 5-7).
# Need 8 messages: min_for_compress = 2+3+1 = 6, must have > 6.
msgs = [
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 0"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 1"},
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 2"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 3"},
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 4"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 5"},
{"role": "user", "content": "msg 6"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "msg 7"},
]
with patch("agent.context_compressor.call_llm", return_value=mock_response):
result = c.compress(msgs)
summary_msgs = [m for m in result if (m.get("content") or "").startswith(SUMMARY_PREFIX)]
assert len(summary_msgs) == 1, "should have a standalone summary message"
assert summary_msgs[0]["role"] == "user"
def test_summarization_does_not_start_tail_with_tool_outputs(self):
mock_response = MagicMock()
mock_response.choices = [MagicMock()]
mock_response.choices[0].message.content = "[CONTEXT SUMMARY]: compressed middle"
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=100000):
c = ContextCompressor(
model="test",
quiet_mode=True,
protect_first_n=2,
protect_last_n=3,
)
msgs = [
{"role": "user", "content": "earlier 1"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "earlier 2"},
{"role": "user", "content": "earlier 3"},
{
"role": "assistant",
"content": "",
"tool_calls": [
{"id": "call_c", "type": "function", "function": {"name": "search_files", "arguments": "{}"}},
],
},
{"role": "tool", "tool_call_id": "call_c", "content": "output c"},
{"role": "user", "content": "latest user"},
]
with patch("agent.context_compressor.call_llm", return_value=mock_response):
result = c.compress(msgs)
called_ids = {
tc["id"]
for msg in result
if msg.get("role") == "assistant" and msg.get("tool_calls")
for tc in msg["tool_calls"]
}
for msg in result:
if msg.get("role") == "tool" and msg.get("tool_call_id"):
assert msg["tool_call_id"] in called_ids
class TestSummaryTargetRatio:
"""Verify that summary_target_ratio properly scales budgets with context window."""
def test_tail_budget_scales_with_context(self):
"""Tail token budget should be threshold_tokens * summary_target_ratio."""
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=200_000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True, summary_target_ratio=0.40)
# 200K * 0.50 threshold * 0.40 ratio = 40K
assert c.tail_token_budget == 40_000
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=1_000_000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True, summary_target_ratio=0.40)
# 1M * 0.50 threshold * 0.40 ratio = 200K
assert c.tail_token_budget == 200_000
def test_summary_cap_scales_with_context(self):
"""Max summary tokens should be 5% of context, capped at 12K."""
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=200_000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True)
assert c.max_summary_tokens == 10_000 # 200K * 0.05
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=1_000_000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True)
assert c.max_summary_tokens == 12_000 # capped at 12K ceiling
def test_ratio_clamped(self):
"""Ratio should be clamped to [0.10, 0.80]."""
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=100_000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True, summary_target_ratio=0.05)
assert c.summary_target_ratio == 0.10
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=100_000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True, summary_target_ratio=0.95)
assert c.summary_target_ratio == 0.80
def test_default_threshold_is_50_percent(self):
"""Default compression threshold should be 50%, with a 64K floor."""
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=100_000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True)
assert c.threshold_percent == 0.50
# 50% of 100K = 50K, but the floor is 64K
assert c.threshold_tokens == 64_000
def test_threshold_floor_does_not_apply_above_128k(self):
"""On large-context models the 50% percentage is used directly."""
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=200_000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True)
# 50% of 200K = 100K, which is above the 64K floor
assert c.threshold_tokens == 100_000
def test_default_protect_last_n_is_20(self):
"""Default protect_last_n should be 20."""
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=100_000):
c = ContextCompressor(model="test", quiet_mode=True)
assert c.protect_last_n == 20
class TestTokenBudgetTailProtection:
"""Tests for token-budget-based tail protection (PR #6240).
The core change: tail protection is now based on a token budget rather
than a fixed message count. This prevents large tool outputs from
blocking compaction.
"""
@pytest.fixture()
def budget_compressor(self):
"""Compressor with known token budget for tail protection tests."""
with patch("agent.context_compressor.get_model_context_length", return_value=200_000):
c = ContextCompressor(
model="test/model",
threshold_percent=0.50, # 100K threshold
protect_first_n=2,
protect_last_n=20,
quiet_mode=True,
)
return c
def test_large_tool_outputs_no_longer_block_compaction(self, budget_compressor):
"""The motivating scenario: 20 messages with large tool outputs should
NOT prevent compaction. With message-count tail protection they would
all be protected, leaving nothing to summarize."""
c = budget_compressor
messages = [
{"role": "user", "content": "Start task"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "On it"},
]
# Add 20 messages with large tool outputs (~5K chars each ≈ 1250 tokens)
for i in range(10):
messages.append({
"role": "assistant", "content": None,
"tool_calls": [{"function": {"name": f"tool_{i}", "arguments": "{}"}}],
})
messages.append({
"role": "tool", "content": "x" * 5000,
"tool_call_id": f"call_{i}",
})
# Add 3 recent small messages
messages.append({"role": "user", "content": "What's the status?"})
messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": "Here's what I found..."})
messages.append({"role": "user", "content": "Continue"})
# The tail cut should NOT protect all 20 tool messages
head_end = c.protect_first_n
cut = c._find_tail_cut_by_tokens(messages, head_end)
tail_size = len(messages) - cut
# With token budget, the tail should be much smaller than 20+
assert tail_size < 20, f"Tail {tail_size} messages — large tool outputs are blocking compaction"
# But at least 3 (hard minimum)
assert tail_size >= 3
def test_min_tail_always_3_messages(self, budget_compressor):
"""Even with a tiny token budget, at least 3 messages are protected."""
c = budget_compressor
# Override to a tiny budget
c.tail_token_budget = 10
messages = [
{"role": "user", "content": "hello"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "hi"},
{"role": "user", "content": "do something"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "working on it"},
{"role": "user", "content": "more work"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "done"},
{"role": "user", "content": "thanks"},
]
head_end = 2
cut = c._find_tail_cut_by_tokens(messages, head_end)
tail_size = len(messages) - cut
assert tail_size >= 3, f"Tail is only {tail_size} messages, min should be 3"
def test_soft_ceiling_allows_oversized_message(self, budget_compressor):
"""The 1.5x soft ceiling allows an oversized message to be included
rather than splitting it."""
c = budget_compressor
# Set a small budget — 500 tokens
c.tail_token_budget = 500
messages = [
{"role": "user", "content": "hello"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "hi"},
{"role": "user", "content": "read the file"},
# This message is ~600 tokens (> budget of 500, but < 1.5x = 750)
{"role": "assistant", "content": "a" * 2400},
{"role": "user", "content": "short"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "short reply"},
{"role": "user", "content": "continue"},
]
head_end = 2
cut = c._find_tail_cut_by_tokens(messages, head_end)
# The oversized message at index 3 should NOT be the cut point
# because 1.5x ceiling = 750 tokens and accumulated would be ~610
# (short msgs + oversized msg) which is < 750
tail_size = len(messages) - cut
assert tail_size >= 3
def test_small_conversation_still_compresses(self, budget_compressor):
"""With the new min of 8 messages (head=2 + 3 + 1 guard + 2 middle),
a small but compressible conversation should still compress."""
c = budget_compressor
# 9 messages: head(2) + 4 middle + 3 tail = compressible
messages = []
for i in range(9):
role = "user" if i % 2 == 0 else "assistant"
messages.append({"role": role, "content": f"Message {i}"})
# Should not early-return (needs > protect_first_n + 3 + 1 = 6)
# Mock the summary generation to avoid real API call
with patch.object(c, "_generate_summary", return_value="Summary of conversation"):
result = c.compress(messages, current_tokens=90_000)
# Should have compressed (fewer messages than original)
assert len(result) < len(messages)
def test_prune_with_token_budget(self, budget_compressor):
"""_prune_old_tool_results with protect_tail_tokens respects the budget."""
c = budget_compressor
messages = [
{"role": "user", "content": "start"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": None,
"tool_calls": [{"function": {"name": "read_file", "arguments": '{"path": "big.txt"}'}}]},
{"role": "tool", "content": "x" * 10000, "tool_call_id": "c1"}, # ~2500 tokens
{"role": "assistant", "content": None,
"tool_calls": [{"function": {"name": "read_file", "arguments": '{"path": "small.txt"}'}}]},
{"role": "tool", "content": "y" * 10000, "tool_call_id": "c2"}, # ~2500 tokens
{"role": "user", "content": "short recent message"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "short reply"},
]
# With a 1000-token budget, only the last couple messages should be protected
result, pruned = c._prune_old_tool_results(
messages, protect_tail_count=2, protect_tail_tokens=1000,
)
# At least one old tool result should have been pruned
assert pruned >= 1
def test_prune_without_token_budget_uses_message_count(self, budget_compressor):
"""Without protect_tail_tokens, falls back to message-count behavior."""
c = budget_compressor
messages = [
{"role": "user", "content": "start"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": None,
"tool_calls": [{"function": {"name": "tool", "arguments": "{}"}}]},
{"role": "tool", "content": "x" * 5000, "tool_call_id": "c1"},
{"role": "user", "content": "recent"},
{"role": "assistant", "content": "reply"},
]
# protect_tail_count=3 means last 3 messages protected
result, pruned = c._prune_old_tool_results(
messages, protect_tail_count=3,
)
# Tool at index 2 is outside the protected tail (last 3 = indices 2,3,4)
# so it might or might not be pruned depending on boundary
assert isinstance(pruned, int)