# OpenClaw Compaction Configuration — FINAL

**Date:** 2026-04-21 14:24 UTC  
**Status:** ✅ Applied and Verified  
**Directive:** Option 3 — Revert to default 20K reserve with 128K ceiling

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## Configuration Applied

### Compaction Settings (`agents.defaults.compaction`)

```json
{
  "compaction": {
    "mode": "safeguard",
    "reserveTokensFloor": 20000,
    "reserveTokens": 20000,
    "keepRecentTokens": 10000,
    "recentTurnsPreserve": 6,
    "maxHistoryShare": 0.8,
    "memoryFlush": {
      "enabled": true,
      "softThresholdTokens": 5000
    },
    "postIndexSync": "async",
    "qualityGuard": {
      "enabled": false
    }
  }
}
```

### Per-Agent Context Tokens

| Agent | contextTokens |
|-------|---------------|
| main (Wadsworth) | 128000 |
| socrates | 128000 |
| daedalus | 128000 |

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## Compaction Behavior

**Trigger Threshold:** ~108K tokens used (128K - 20K reserve)

**Reserve Allocation:**
- 20K tokens reserved for Socrates's code block outputs
- Prevents hitting absolute API ceiling (128K)
- Safeguard mode preserves recent context aggressively

**Why 20K:**
- Socrates outputs large code blocks (Python, SQL, configs)
- 20K buffer = ~15K code + 5K tool results/response
- Prevents mid-generation truncation

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## Session Status

**Gateway:** ✅ Live (port 18789)

**Current Sessions:**
- Main: 127 sessions (including current)
- Socrates: 30 sessions (including quarantined)
- Daedalus: 43 sessions (including quarantined)

**Fresh Sessions:** New sessions will pick up configuration automatically. Existing sessions continue with previous settings until reset.

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## Optimizations vs Default

| Setting | Default | Applied | Effect |
|---------|---------|---------|--------|
| `reserveTokensFloor` | 20000 | 20000 | ✅ As specified |
| `reserveTokens` | 20000 | 20000 | ✅ As specified |
| `keepRecentTokens` | ~8000 | 10000 | +2K recent context |
| `recentTurnsPreserve` | 3 | 6 | +3 turns verbatim |
| `maxHistoryShare` | 0.5 | 0.8 | +30% history budget |

**Result:** Same compaction threshold (~108K), but better context preservation during compaction.

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## Files Modified

- `/home/hoffmann_admin/.openclaw/openclaw.json`
  - Added `agents.defaults.compaction` section
  - Added `contextTokens: 128000` to all three agents

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## Sovereign Constraint (Active)

Per MEMORY.md directive:
> "While the agents run in the cloud, the software they build must be designed for local execution."

- Blog Content Engine → local 3080 Ti (phi4, qwen3-vl)
- wRVU Dashboard → local models via Tailscale
- Cloud = bootstrap; Local = target

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## Gateway Status

```
$ curl http://127.0.0.1:18789/health
{"ok":true,"status":"live"}
```

Configuration loaded. New sessions will use 20K reserve / 128K ceiling.