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UAT: ACMS default tier budget values mismatch spec (hot/warm/cold defaults wrong) #4752

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opened 2026-04-08 18:53:09 +00:00 by HAL9000 · 1 comment

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Bug Report

Feature Area: ACMS — Hot/Warm/Cold Tiered Storage, Context Budget Parameters

Severity: High — incorrect defaults silently change context assembly behavior for all projects

What Was Tested

Code-level analysis comparing project_context.py and tiers.py default values against the specification's configuration key table at docs/specification.md §30753-30757.

Expected Behavior (from spec)

The spec defines these defaults at docs/specification.md lines 30755-30757:

Config Key	Spec Default
`context.hot.max-tokens`	`16000`
`context.warm.max-decisions`	`100`
`context.cold.max-decisions`	`500`

Actual Behavior

The implementation uses different defaults in two places:

src/cleveragents/cli/commands/project_context.py lines 63-65:

_DEFAULT_HOT_MAX_TOKENS = 8000       # spec says 16000
_DEFAULT_WARM_MAX_DECISIONS = 500    # spec says 100
_DEFAULT_COLD_MAX_DECISIONS = 5000   # spec says 500

src/cleveragents/domain/models/acms/tiers.py lines 142-155 (TierBudget model):

max_tokens_hot: int = Field(default=8000, ...)     # spec says 16000
max_decisions_warm: int = Field(default=500, ...)  # spec says 100
max_decisions_cold: int = Field(default=5000, ...) # spec says 500

Both the CLI defaults and the domain model defaults are wrong, and they are inconsistent with each other (the CLI uses _DEFAULT_COLD_MAX_DECISIONS = 5000 while TierBudget also uses 5000, but the spec says 500).

Impact

Projects that rely on default context budgets will have a hot tier that is half the spec size (8000 vs 16000 tokens)
The warm tier will retain 5x more decisions than specified (500 vs 100)
The cold tier will retain 10x more decisions than specified (5000 vs 500)
This affects context quality, memory usage, and performance for all users who haven't explicitly set these values

Steps to Reproduce

Create a new project without setting any context policy
Run agents project context show <project>
Observe that Hot max tokens: 8000 (should be 16000), Warm max decisions: 500 (should be 100), Cold max decisions: 5000 (should be 500)

Code Locations

src/cleveragents/cli/commands/project_context.py lines 63-65 (CLI defaults)
src/cleveragents/domain/models/acms/tiers.py lines 142-155 (TierBudget model defaults)

Fix

Update both locations to match the spec:

# project_context.py
_DEFAULT_HOT_MAX_TOKENS = 16000
_DEFAULT_WARM_MAX_DECISIONS = 100
_DEFAULT_COLD_MAX_DECISIONS = 500

# tiers.py TierBudget
max_tokens_hot: int = Field(default=16000, ...)
max_decisions_warm: int = Field(default=100, ...)
max_decisions_cold: int = Field(default=500, ...)

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## Bug Report **Feature Area:** ACMS — Hot/Warm/Cold Tiered Storage, Context Budget Parameters **Severity:** High — incorrect defaults silently change context assembly behavior for all projects ### What Was Tested Code-level analysis comparing `project_context.py` and `tiers.py` default values against the specification's configuration key table at `docs/specification.md` §30753-30757. ### Expected Behavior (from spec) The spec defines these defaults at `docs/specification.md` lines 30755-30757: | Config Key | Spec Default | |---|---| | `context.hot.max-tokens` | `16000` | | `context.warm.max-decisions` | `100` | | `context.cold.max-decisions` | `500` | ### Actual Behavior The implementation uses **different defaults** in two places: **`src/cleveragents/cli/commands/project_context.py` lines 63-65:** ```python _DEFAULT_HOT_MAX_TOKENS = 8000 # spec says 16000 _DEFAULT_WARM_MAX_DECISIONS = 500 # spec says 100 _DEFAULT_COLD_MAX_DECISIONS = 5000 # spec says 500 ``` **`src/cleveragents/domain/models/acms/tiers.py` lines 142-155 (`TierBudget` model):** ```python max_tokens_hot: int = Field(default=8000, ...) # spec says 16000 max_decisions_warm: int = Field(default=500, ...) # spec says 100 max_decisions_cold: int = Field(default=5000, ...) # spec says 500 ``` Both the CLI defaults and the domain model defaults are wrong, and they are inconsistent with each other (the CLI uses `_DEFAULT_COLD_MAX_DECISIONS = 5000` while `TierBudget` also uses `5000`, but the spec says `500`). ### Impact - Projects that rely on default context budgets will have a hot tier that is **half the spec size** (8000 vs 16000 tokens) - The warm tier will retain **5x more decisions** than specified (500 vs 100) - The cold tier will retain **10x more decisions** than specified (5000 vs 500) - This affects context quality, memory usage, and performance for all users who haven't explicitly set these values ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Create a new project without setting any context policy 2. Run `agents project context show <project>` 3. Observe that `Hot max tokens: 8000` (should be `16000`), `Warm max decisions: 500` (should be `100`), `Cold max decisions: 5000` (should be `500`) ### Code Locations - `src/cleveragents/cli/commands/project_context.py` lines 63-65 (CLI defaults) - `src/cleveragents/domain/models/acms/tiers.py` lines 142-155 (`TierBudget` model defaults) ### Fix Update both locations to match the spec: ```python # project_context.py _DEFAULT_HOT_MAX_TOKENS = 16000 _DEFAULT_WARM_MAX_DECISIONS = 100 _DEFAULT_COLD_MAX_DECISIONS = 500 # tiers.py TierBudget max_tokens_hot: int = Field(default=16000, ...) max_decisions_warm: int = Field(default=100, ...) max_decisions_cold: int = Field(default=500, ...) ``` --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: UAT Testing | Agent: uat-tester

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