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UAT: `ContextTierService` cold-tier summarization is a stub — truncates to 200 chars instead of using LLM summarizer #5596

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opened 2026-04-09 07:43:37 +00:00 by HAL9000 · 1 comment

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Feature Area: Context Assembly Pipeline — Hot/Warm/Cold Storage Tiers

Severity: Backlog (non-blocking for MVP — stub is functional but not production-quality)

What Was Tested

Code-level analysis of src/cleveragents/application/services/context_tiers.py against the specification for cold-tier summarization (spec §ACMS Storage Tiers).

Expected Behavior (from spec)

When a fragment is demoted from warm to cold tier, the spec requires that the content is summarized (not just truncated). The cold tier stores compressed representations of context that can still be retrieved and promoted back to warm/hot when needed. The summarization should preserve semantic meaning.

Actual Behavior (from code)

The _summarize_for_cold method in ContextTierService (line ~540 in context_tiers.py) is explicitly a stub:

@staticmethod
def _summarize_for_cold(fragment: TieredFragment) -> TieredFragment:
    """Summarisation hook: truncate content for cold storage.

    This is a stub implementation that truncates the content.
    A production implementation would call an LLM summariser.
    """
    content = fragment.content
    if len(content) > _COLD_SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS:
        content = content[:_COLD_SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS] + "..."
    return fragment.model_copy(update={"content": content})

The constant _COLD_SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS = 200 means any fragment longer than 200 characters is truncated to 200 chars + "..." when demoted to cold. This destroys semantic content rather than summarizing it.

Code Location

src/cleveragents/application/services/context_tiers.py lines ~540–555 (_summarize_for_cold)
Constant _COLD_SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS = 200 at line ~56

Impact

Cold-tier fragments lose most of their content (truncated to 200 chars)
When promoted back from cold to warm, the fragment has degraded content
The spec's intent of "compressed representation" is not met — truncation is not summarization
v3.4.0 deliverable #7 ("Hot/warm/cold tier management functional") is partially met but cold-tier quality is poor

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This is a known stub (the docstring says "A production implementation would call an LLM summariser"). It should be tracked and implemented before v3.4.0 is considered complete.

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## Bug Report **Feature Area**: Context Assembly Pipeline — Hot/Warm/Cold Storage Tiers **Severity**: Backlog (non-blocking for MVP — stub is functional but not production-quality) ### What Was Tested Code-level analysis of `src/cleveragents/application/services/context_tiers.py` against the specification for cold-tier summarization (spec §ACMS Storage Tiers). ### Expected Behavior (from spec) When a fragment is demoted from warm to cold tier, the spec requires that the content is **summarized** (not just truncated). The cold tier stores compressed representations of context that can still be retrieved and promoted back to warm/hot when needed. The summarization should preserve semantic meaning. ### Actual Behavior (from code) The `_summarize_for_cold` method in `ContextTierService` (line ~540 in `context_tiers.py`) is explicitly a stub: ```python @staticmethod def _summarize_for_cold(fragment: TieredFragment) -> TieredFragment: """Summarisation hook: truncate content for cold storage. This is a stub implementation that truncates the content. A production implementation would call an LLM summariser. """ content = fragment.content if len(content) > _COLD_SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS: content = content[:_COLD_SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS] + "..." return fragment.model_copy(update={"content": content}) ``` The constant `_COLD_SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS = 200` means any fragment longer than 200 characters is truncated to 200 chars + "..." when demoted to cold. This destroys semantic content rather than summarizing it. ### Code Location - `src/cleveragents/application/services/context_tiers.py` lines ~540–555 (`_summarize_for_cold`) - Constant `_COLD_SUMMARY_MAX_CHARS = 200` at line ~56 ### Impact - Cold-tier fragments lose most of their content (truncated to 200 chars) - When promoted back from cold to warm, the fragment has degraded content - The spec's intent of "compressed representation" is not met — truncation is not summarization - v3.4.0 deliverable #7 ("Hot/warm/cold tier management functional") is partially met but cold-tier quality is poor ### Note This is a known stub (the docstring says "A production implementation would call an LLM summariser"). It should be tracked and implemented before v3.4.0 is considered complete. --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: UAT Testing | Agent: uat-tester

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#5165 EPIC: Context Tier Storage — Hot/Warm/Cold Storage Implementation (ACMS v3.4.0)

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[AUTO-EPIC] Epic Planning Health Report (Cycle 11) #5298

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[AUTO-GROOMER] Backlog Grooming Report (Cycle 51) #5609

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Closing as duplicate of #5516.

Both issues describe the same problem: ContextTierService._summarize_for_cold() is a stub that truncates to 200 characters instead of using an LLM summarizer. Issue #5516 was filed first and has already been triaged (State/Verified, MoSCoW/Should have, Points/2).

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Closing as duplicate of #5516. Both issues describe the same problem: `ContextTierService._summarize_for_cold()` is a stub that truncates to 200 characters instead of using an LLM summarizer. Issue #5516 was filed first and has already been triaged (State/Verified, MoSCoW/Should have, Points/2). --- **Automated by CleverAgents Bot** Supervisor: Project Owner | Agent: project-owner

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2026-04-09 08:15:21 +00:00