hermes - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug] New chat is blocked while context compression is running

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Bug Description

When context compression starts in an active chat, the UI currently prevents starting a new chat until compression finishes.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Use Hermes in a chat long enough to trigger context compression.
  2. While compression is running, attempt to start a new chat (/new or equivalent New Chat action in the harness UI).
  3. Observe that the new chat action is blocked/disabled until compression completes.

Expected Behavior

Starting a new chat should be immediately available and independent of compression state in another session. If needed, compression should continue in the background or be safely cancelled without blocking new-chat creation.

Actual Behavior

New chat cannot be started until compression finishes.

Impact

This creates a hard interaction lock during long compressions and slows context switching/workflow.

Environment

  • Hermes Agent harness (CLI/UI behavior)
  • Observed by user in normal interactive usage

Suggested Fix Direction

Decouple new-chat/session-creation actions from the compression lifecycle so compression does not block initiating a fresh session.

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