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hermes-agent/agent/context_breakdown.py
jackulau 9f5440e23d fix(agent): report the conversation category even when it is empty
The category filter dropped every zero-token category from the breakdown
payload. For mcp/memory/skills that is right — zero means "not
configured" and the row's absence says so. For conversation it hid the
row on any session whose transcript was empty or pre-turn, so the
Desktop Context usage panel showed System prompt/Tools/Memory but no
Conversation until the first turn completed (#87903): "the transcript
is empty" rendered identically to "the breakdown never measured it".

Zero for the conversation is a MEASUREMENT of something every session
has, so it is exempted from the drop via _ALWAYS_REPORTED; the
membership rule is documented at the constant so later additions argue
from the same principle. Structurally absent categories stay dropped.

Test: an empty-transcript breakdown reports conversation at 0 while
unconfigured optional categories remain omitted.

The desktop half (retained pre-turn snapshot) is already fixed on main:
useContextBreakdown nulls the snapshot mid-turn and the statusbar gauge
falls back to the streamed usage.

Python half salvaged from PR #87925 (author credited).

Fixes #87903
2026-09-27 06:54:56 -05:00

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"""Live session context-window breakdown for UI surfaces.
Estimates system prompt tiers, tool schemas, and conversation history for the
category breakdown. Overall occupancy retains its provider-usage or estimate
provenance; category estimates are not exact tokenizer counts or gate authority.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import json
import re
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple
_SKILLS_BLOCK_RE = re.compile(r"<available_skills>.*?</available_skills>", re.DOTALL)
_SUBAGENT_TOOL_NAMES = frozenset({"delegate_task"})
# A category at zero tokens is dropped from the payload, which reads as "not
# configured" - true for MCP, memory and skills, and false for the
# conversation. Every session has one, so hiding the row at zero makes an empty
# transcript indistinguishable from a breakdown that never measured it (#87903).
#
# The membership rule, stated so a later addition argues from the same
# principle rather than from "this one felt important": a category belongs
# here when zero is a MEASUREMENT of something every session has, not the
# ABSENCE of something optional. "conversation" qualifies because a session
# cannot not have a transcript, so zero means "nothing said yet" and is worth
# showing. "mcp", "memory", "skills" and "subagent_definitions" do not: zero
# there means the user configured none, which is what dropping the row already
# communicates, and a permanent 0-token row would be noise on most hosts.
# "system_prompt" and "tool_definitions" are always present too but are never
# zero in practice, so adding them would buy nothing.
_ALWAYS_REPORTED = frozenset({"conversation"})
# id -> (label, dashboard color, /context glyph); declaration order is display order.
_CATEGORIES = {
"system_prompt": ("System prompt", "var(--context-usage-system)", "■"),
"tool_definitions": ("Tool definitions", "var(--context-usage-tools)", "▣"),
"rules": ("Rules", "var(--context-usage-rules)", "▩"),
"skills": ("Skills", "var(--context-usage-skills)", "▤"),
"mcp": ("MCP", "var(--context-usage-mcp)", "▥"),
"subagent_definitions": ("Subagent definitions", "var(--context-usage-subagents)", "▦"),
"memory": ("Memory", "var(--context-usage-memory)", "▧"),
"conversation": ("Conversation", "var(--context-usage-conversation)", "▨"),
}
_FREE_GLYPH = "·"
_GRID_COLUMNS = 20
_GRID_ROWS = 5 # 100 cells → 1 cell per percent of the context window
_DETAILS_TABLE_LIMIT = 15 # display cap only; the underlying data keeps everything
def _chars_to_tokens(text: str) -> int:
from agent.model_metadata import estimate_tokens_rough
return estimate_tokens_rough(text)
def _json_tokens(value: Any) -> int:
return _chars_to_tokens(json.dumps(value, ensure_ascii=False)) if value else 0
def _bytes_to_tokens(size: Optional[int]) -> Optional[int]:
from agent.model_metadata import CHARS_PER_TOKEN
return None if size is None else (int(size) + 3) // CHARS_PER_TOKEN
def _skills_block(stable: str) -> str:
"""The live ``<available_skills>`` block inside the stable tier, or ''."""
m = _SKILLS_BLOCK_RE.search(stable)
return m.group(0) if m else ""
def _split_tools(tools: Sequence[dict]) -> Tuple[List[dict], List[dict], List[dict]]:
builtin: List[dict] = []
mcp: List[dict] = []
subagent: List[dict] = []
for tool in tools:
fn = tool.get("function") if isinstance(tool, dict) else None
name = str((fn if isinstance(fn, dict) else tool).get("name") or "")
bucket = mcp if name.startswith("mcp_") else subagent if name in _SUBAGENT_TOOL_NAMES else builtin
bucket.append(tool)
return builtin, mcp, subagent
def _memory_blocks(agent: Any) -> Tuple[str, str]:
memory_block = user_block = ""
store = getattr(agent, "_memory_store", None)
try:
if store is not None and getattr(agent, "_memory_enabled", True):
memory_block = store.format_for_system_prompt("memory") or ""
if store is not None and getattr(agent, "_user_profile_enabled", True):
user_block = store.format_for_system_prompt("user") or ""
except Exception:
pass
return memory_block, user_block
def _strip_blocks(text: str, *blocks: str) -> str:
for block in blocks:
if block:
text = text.replace(block, "")
return text.strip()
def _join(*parts: str) -> str:
return "\n\n".join(part for part in parts if part).strip()
def _glyph(cat: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
return _CATEGORIES.get(str(cat.get("id") or ""), (None, None, "▪"))[2]
def context_display_source(compressor: Any) -> str:
"""Distinguish the built-in preflight display seed from a provider reading.
Engines without the built-in real-usage ledger own their occupancy figure.
A seed never updates that ledger, even if its number later matches real usage.
"""
real = getattr(compressor, "last_real_prompt_tokens", None)
shown = getattr(compressor, "last_prompt_tokens", 0) or 0
return "local_estimate" if isinstance(real, (int, float)) and shown > 0 and shown != real else "provider_usage"
def context_usage_fields(compressor: Any) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Current occupancy only; lifetime throughput is never a context fallback."""
used = max(0, getattr(compressor, "last_prompt_tokens", 0) or 0)
maximum = getattr(compressor, "context_length", 0) or 0
if not used or not maximum:
return {}
used = min(used, maximum)
source = context_display_source(compressor)
return {"context_used": used, "context_max": maximum,
"context_percent": max(0, min(100, round(used / maximum * 100))),
"context_source": source, "context_estimated": source != "provider_usage"}
def compute_session_context_breakdown(agent: Any, messages: Optional[List[dict]] = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Return a Cursor-style context usage breakdown for one live agent."""
from agent.model_metadata import estimate_messages_tokens_rough
from agent.usage_anchor import anchored_context_tokens
from agent.system_prompt import build_system_prompt_parts
messages = messages or []
parts = build_system_prompt_parts(agent)
stable = parts.get("stable", "") or ""
skills_index = _skills_block(stable)
memory_block, user_block = _memory_blocks(agent)
system_prompt_text = _join(
_strip_blocks(stable, skills_index), _strip_blocks(parts.get("volatile", "") or "", memory_block, user_block)
)
builtin_tools, mcp_tools, subagent_tools = _split_tools(list(getattr(agent, "tools", None) or []))
tokens_by_id = {
"system_prompt": _chars_to_tokens(system_prompt_text),
"tool_definitions": _json_tokens(builtin_tools),
"rules": _chars_to_tokens(parts.get("context", "") or ""),
"skills": _chars_to_tokens(skills_index),
"mcp": _json_tokens(mcp_tools),
"subagent_definitions": _json_tokens(subagent_tools),
"memory": _chars_to_tokens(_join(memory_block, user_block)),
"conversation": estimate_messages_tokens_rough(messages),
}
estimated_total = sum(tokens_by_id.values())
comp = getattr(agent, "context_compressor", None)
context_max = int(getattr(comp, "context_length", 0) or 0) if comp else 0
# Usage-anchored figure (provider-exact tokens of a response + delta of what was
# appended since) beats last_prompt_tokens (lags) and the heuristic. Prefer the
# turn-base anchor: on reasoning models later same-turn responses inflate
# prompt_tokens with replayed thinking that evaporates at the turn boundary, so
# anchoring on the LAST response makes the meter sawtooth. Fall back to the
# last-response anchor, then measured, then estimated.
anchor = getattr(agent, "_turn_base_usage_anchor", None)
context_used = anchored_context_tokens(messages, anchor, charge_stale_thinking=False)
if context_used is None:
anchor = getattr(agent, "_usage_anchor", None)
context_used = anchored_context_tokens(messages, anchor)
if context_used is None:
measured_used = int(getattr(comp, "last_prompt_tokens", 0) or 0) if comp else 0
context_used = measured_used if measured_used > 0 else estimated_total
source = context_display_source(comp) if measured_used > 0 else "local_estimate"
else:
delta = messages[int(anchor["base_count"]):]
if delta and delta[0].get("role") == "assistant":
delta = delta[1:]
source = "provider_usage_plus_estimate" if delta else "provider_usage"
# A single prompt can never exceed the model window; any excess is estimate drift.
if context_max:
context_used = min(context_used, context_max)
return {
"categories": [
{"color": color, "id": category_id, "label": label, "tokens": tokens_by_id[category_id]}
for category_id, (label, color, _glyph_) in _CATEGORIES.items()
if tokens_by_id[category_id] > 0 or category_id in _ALWAYS_REPORTED
],
"context_max": context_max,
"context_percent": max(0, min(100, round(context_used / context_max * 100))) if context_max else 0,
"context_used": context_used,
"context_source": source,
"context_estimated": source != "provider_usage",
"estimated_total": estimated_total,
"model": getattr(agent, "model", "") or "",
}
def compute_context_details(agent: Any) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""Expanded per-skill / per-toolset cost listing for ``/context all``.
Reuses the ``hermes prompt-size`` attribution (index-line bytes from the
live skills block; schema bytes via the registry's tool→toolset map).
"""
from hermes_cli.prompt_size import _compute_skills_breakdown, _compute_toolsets_breakdown
from agent.system_prompt import build_system_prompt_parts
skills_block = _skills_block(build_system_prompt_parts(agent).get("stable", "") or "")
tools = list(getattr(agent, "tools", None) or [])
return {
"skills": [
{
"name": entry.get("name", ""),
"index_tokens": _bytes_to_tokens(entry.get("index_line_bytes")) or 0,
"skill_md_tokens": _bytes_to_tokens(entry.get("skill_md_bytes")),
}
for entry in (_compute_skills_breakdown(skills_block) if skills_block else [])
],
"toolsets": [
{
"toolset": group.get("toolset", ""),
"tool_count": int(group.get("tool_count", 0) or 0),
"schema_tokens": _bytes_to_tokens(group.get("json_bytes")) or 0,
}
for group in (_compute_toolsets_breakdown(tools) if tools else [])
],
}
# ── /context rendering (CLI + gateway) ──────────────────────────────────────
# Pure text renderers over the payload above. The gateway skips the glyph grid
# (monospace is not guaranteed on messaging platforms).
def render_context_grid(payload: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[str]:
"""Glyph grid: 100 cells, one per percent of the context window; categories
fill in declaration order, the remainder is free space."""
context_max = int(payload.get("context_max") or 0)
total_cells = _GRID_COLUMNS * _GRID_ROWS
cells: List[str] = []
if context_max > 0:
for cat in payload.get("categories") or []:
tokens = int(cat.get("tokens") or 0)
# never render a nonzero category as invisible
n = round(tokens / context_max * total_cells) or (1 if tokens > 0 else 0)
cells.extend([_glyph(cat)] * n)
cells = cells[:total_cells]
cells.extend([_FREE_GLYPH] * (total_cells - len(cells)))
return [" ".join(cells[row * _GRID_COLUMNS:(row + 1) * _GRID_COLUMNS]) for row in range(_GRID_ROWS)]
def render_context_category_lines(payload: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[str]:
"""Render the 'Estimated usage by category' table as plain-text lines."""
categories = payload.get("categories") or []
context_max = int(payload.get("context_max") or 0)
estimated_total = int(payload.get("estimated_total") or 0)
denom = context_max or estimated_total
lines = ["Estimated usage by category"]
if not categories:
return [*lines, " (no data yet — send a message first)"]
width = max(len("Free space"), *(len(str(cat.get("label") or "")) for cat in categories))
for cat in categories:
tokens, label = int(cat.get("tokens") or 0), str(cat.get("label") or cat.get("id") or "")
lines.append(f"{_glyph(cat)} {label:<{width}} ~{tokens:>9,} tokens ~{tokens / denom * 100 if denom else 0.0:>5.1f}%")
if context_max > 0:
free = max(0, context_max - estimated_total)
lines.append(f"{_FREE_GLYPH} {'Free space':<{width}} ~{free:>9,} tokens ~{free / context_max * 100:>5.1f}%")
return lines
def _toolset_row(group: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
return f" {group['toolset']:<24} {group['tool_count']:>3} tools ~{group['schema_tokens']:>8,} tokens"
def _skill_row(entry: Dict[str, Any]) -> str:
name = str(entry.get("name") or "")
if len(name) > 28:
name = name[:27] + "…"
md = entry.get("skill_md_tokens")
md_str = f"~{md:>8,}" if md is not None else f"{'n/a':>8}"
return f" {name:<28} index ~{entry['index_tokens']:>6,} SKILL.md {md_str} tokens"
def _table(lines: List[str], title: str, rows: List[Dict[str, Any]], fmt) -> None:
"""Append a titled, display-capped table (blank-separated from a preceding one)."""
if not rows:
return
if lines:
lines.append("")
lines.append(title)
lines.extend(fmt(row) for row in rows[:_DETAILS_TABLE_LIMIT])
if len(rows) > _DETAILS_TABLE_LIMIT:
lines.append(f" … and {len(rows) - _DETAILS_TABLE_LIMIT} more")
def render_context_details_lines(details: Dict[str, Any]) -> List[str]:
"""Render the expanded ``/context all`` per-skill / per-toolset tables."""
lines: List[str] = []
_table(lines, "Toolsets by schema cost (largest first)", details.get("toolsets") or [], _toolset_row)
_table(lines, "Skills by cost (index = always-on; SKILL.md = cost when loaded)", details.get("skills") or [], _skill_row)
return lines
def render_context_breakdown_lines(
payload: Dict[str, Any],
*,
details: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
grid: bool = True,
) -> List[str]:
"""Full /context view. ``grid`` prepends the glyph grid (CLI; the gateway
keeps its own gauge); ``details`` appends the expanded listings."""
lines: List[str] = [*render_context_grid(payload), ""] if grid else []
lines.extend(render_context_category_lines(payload))
context_max = int(payload.get("context_max") or 0)
if context_max > 0:
used, pct = int(payload.get("context_used") or 0), int(payload.get("context_percent") or 0)
mark = "~" if payload.get("context_estimated") else ""
lines.extend(["", f"Context window: {mark}{used:,} / {context_max:,} tokens ({mark}{pct}%)"])
source = payload.get("context_source")
if source:
labels = {"local_estimate": "local estimate", "provider_usage": "provider usage",
"provider_usage_plus_estimate": "provider usage + estimated new messages"}
lines.append(f"Source: {labels.get(source, source)}; category counts are local estimates.")
if details is None:
lines.extend(["", "Use /context all for per-skill and per-toolset costs."])
elif detail_lines := render_context_details_lines(details):
lines.extend(["", *detail_lines])
return lines