Two parallel "real usage" mechanisms fought each other: the usage anchor (real + delta) and the
compressor's rough/real projection (should_defer_preflight_to_real_usage with
last_rough_tokens_when_real_prompt_fit / _pending_request_rough_tokens / note_request_rough_estimate
baselines). The projection stored an anchored, real-scale figure as its "rough" baseline, so a
rewind that invalidated the anchor produced phantom growth and a spurious compaction (#103391).
Now there is one authority:
- Post-tool gate (turn_preflight.compress_after_tool_results): anchored figure first (the raw
last_prompt_tokens ignored the tool results just appended), then real, then rough.
- Gateway hygiene (run_turn._hmwa_hygiene_plan): real session count, else the anchor persisted on
the session row, else rough.
- Preflight / pre-API gates: an anchored figure is never deferred. A whole-context rough estimate
over threshold waits ONE request for the provider's real count instead of compressing on a guess
(first request, rewind/edit-resend, reloaded history without a persisted anchor).
- The wait is one request, never a disable: a provider that omits usage
(note_usage_less_response, #2153 class), a real reading already over threshold, a rough figure
past the whole window, and provider-proven overflow all compress immediately; the post-compaction
latch (#36718 / #104192) is unchanged.
- Projection baselines and their bookkeeping deleted (-101 LOC in context_compressor); the fixtures
that scripted whole-history estimates now state the fact they relied on (provider omits usage).
Fixes#103391 (closes#103397 by construction — the baseline it repaired no longer exists).
When a cron or background session compacts, it sets _previous_summary for
iterative updates. If that session ends without /new or /reset (which calls
on_session_reset()), the stale summary survives on the ContextCompressor
instance. A subsequent live messaging session's compaction then injects it as
'PREVIOUS SUMMARY:' into the summarizer prompt — contaminating the live
session with unrelated content from the prior session.
Add an else guard in compress(): when no handoff summary is found in the
current messages but _previous_summary is non-empty, discard it so
_generate_summary() starts fresh instead of iteratively updating a stale
cross-session summary.
Fixes#38788
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