From 1264275cc3dca3ed2cbaa7a032d002c3c442192b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: teknium1 <teknium1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 04:11:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(core): compression_attempts counter resets each loop
 iteration
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compression_attempts was initialized inside the outer while loop,
resetting to 0 on every iteration. Since compression triggers a
'continue' back to the top of the loop, the counter never accumulated
past 1 — effectively allowing unlimited compression attempts.

Move initialization before the outer while loop so the cap of 3
applies across the entire run_conversation() call.
---
 run_agent.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/run_agent.py b/run_agent.py
index f71206c58..2e0031adf 100644
--- a/run_agent.py
+++ b/run_agent.py
@@ -4884,6 +4884,7 @@ class AIAgent:
         codex_ack_continuations = 0
         length_continue_retries = 0
         truncated_response_prefix = ""
+        compression_attempts = 0
         
         # Clear any stale interrupt state at start
         self.clear_interrupt()
@@ -5029,7 +5030,6 @@ class AIAgent:
             api_start_time = time.time()
             retry_count = 0
             max_retries = 3
-            compression_attempts = 0
             max_compression_attempts = 3
             codex_auth_retry_attempted = False
             anthropic_auth_retry_attempted = False