pi-condense 2.11.4 → 2.11.5

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ Published to npm as [`pi-condense`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/pi-condense) (
 Pushing a `vX.Y.Z` tag triggers `.github/workflows/release.yml`, which runs the tests and
 publishes via OIDC trusted publishing. See `.agents/skills/release/SKILL.md`.
 
+## [2.11.5] - 2026-10-08
+
+### Changed
+
+- `minBatchChars` defaults to 2000 (was 1000): batches under 2,000 raw chars compress to only about 44% of their size when summarized, so they now stay verbatim and skip the summarizer call. Set `contextPrune.minBatchChars` explicitly to keep the old threshold.
+
 ## [2.11.4] - 2026-10-08
 
 ### Fixed

package/PRUNING.md

@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ captured batches (from turn_end or session scan)
   │     identical (toolName, normalize(resultText)) → alias of original;
   │     no LLM call; persist as context-prune-dedup-alias
   │
-  ├─ 5. Trivial-batch skip            (config: minBatchChars, default 1000)
+  ├─ 5. Trivial-batch skip            (config: minBatchChars, default 2000)
   │     batches whose remaining raw chars < threshold → skip; no LLM call;
   │     leave originals in context; advance frontier
   │
@@ -677,11 +677,11 @@ Why a window and not the whole result: summarizer input is paid on every flush,
 
 ### Trivial-batch skip (minBatchChars)
 
-`minBatchChars: number` (default `1000`) is a pre-flush guard against "summary would be roughly the same size as the input" cases. If the total raw `resultText` across a batch is below the threshold, the batch is skipped: no summarizer LLM call, no `context-prune-index` entry, no `context-prune-summary` injection. The frontier still advances, so the same tool calls are not reconsidered next flush.
+`minBatchChars: number` (default `2000`) is a pre-flush guard against "summary would be roughly the same size as the input" cases. If the total raw `resultText` across a batch is below the threshold, the batch is skipped: no summarizer LLM call, no `context-prune-index` entry, no `context-prune-summary` injection. The frontier still advances, so the same tool calls are not reconsidered next flush.
 
 Why it exists: a short LLM summary like "Tool X did Y" is itself ~50–150 chars per call. For a 200-byte file read or an `ls` of a short directory, the summary is the same size or larger than the input — the post-call `skipped-oversized` mechanism would catch it anyway, but only after the LLM round-trip and the cost. `minBatchChars` short-circuits the obvious cases at zero LLM cost.
 
-Set `minBatchChars: 0` to disable. The default `1000` skips obvious trivial batches (`git status`, small file reads, short directory listings) without affecting realistic tool outputs. Edit with `/pruner min-batch-chars <n>` or via the settings overlay.
+Set `minBatchChars: 0` to disable. The default `2000` skips obvious trivial batches (`git status`, small file reads, short directory listings) without affecting realistic tool outputs; batches under 2,000 chars compress to only about 44% of their size when summarized (the per-call bullet scaffolding dominates), against about 7% for a typical session, so summarizing them costs an LLM call for little context saved. Edit with `/pruner min-batch-chars <n>` or via the settings overlay.
 
 ### Content-hash dedup
 

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pi-condense",
-  "version": "2.11.4",
+  "version": "2.11.5",
   "description": "Pi coding-agent extension that summarizes completed tool-call batches, replaces raw outputs with short stubs, compresses closed tool-call chains, and recovers any original on demand via context_tree_query.",
   "author": "Jacek Juraszek",
   "license": "MIT",

package/src/commands.ts

@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ export function registerCommands(
               values: MIN_BATCH_CHARS_PRESETS.map((p) => p.value),
               currentValue: MIN_BATCH_CHARS_PRESETS.some((p) => p.value === String(config.minBatchChars))
                 ? String(config.minBatchChars)
-                : MIN_BATCH_CHARS_PRESETS[2].value, // fall back to "1000" if a custom value isn't in the preset cycle
+                : MIN_BATCH_CHARS_PRESETS[3].value, // fall back to "2000" if a custom value isn't in the preset cycle
               description: minBatchCharsDescription(config),
             },
             {

package/src/types.ts

@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ export const ROLLING_WINDOW_PRESETS: { value: string; label: string }[] = [
 export const MIN_BATCH_CHARS_PRESETS: { value: string; label: string }[] = [
   { value: "0", label: "0 (disabled)" },
   { value: "500", label: "500" },
-  { value: "1000", label: "1000 (default)" },
-  { value: "2000", label: "2000" },
+  { value: "1000", label: "1000" },
+  { value: "2000", label: "2000 (default)" },
   { value: "5000", label: "5000" },
 ];
 
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_CONFIG: ContextPruneConfig = {
   pruneOn: "agent-message",
   batchingMode: "turn",
   quietOversizedSkips: false,
-  minBatchChars: 1000,
+  minBatchChars: 2000,
   recoveryGraceTurns: 3,
   summarizerIdleTimeoutMs: 20000,
   summarizerMaxTimeoutMs: 180000,