diff --git a/src/agent/agent_loop/run.rs b/src/agent/agent_loop/run.rs
index 7bd6d85a..da924126 100644
--- a/src/agent/agent_loop/run.rs
+++ b/src/agent/agent_loop/run.rs
@@ -633,6 +633,17 @@ pub async fn run_loop(
             // the intended 3-round budget (review fix). First record wins.
             let mut compaction_recorded_this_iter = false;
 
+            // The model's context window is constant within one inner-loop
+            // iteration — the model can only change at a turn boundary
+            // (prepareNextTurn), after the post-usage decision. Look it up
+            // once and reuse at all three sites that need it: the turn-start
+            // fold, the per-result snip cap, and the post-usage decision.
+            let ctx_max = config
+                .model_name
+                .as_deref()
+                .and_then(crate::config::context_window_for_model)
+                .unwrap_or(128_000);
+
             // Pi lines 175-179: turn_start (skipped on very first
             // iteration — the outer wrapper already emitted it).
             if !first_turn {
@@ -660,11 +671,6 @@ pub async fn run_loop(
             // count (otherwise array content was 0 and the
             // estimate stayed at 0% forever).
             if !folded_this_turn {
-                let ctx_max = config
-                    .model_name
-                    .as_deref()
-                    .and_then(crate::config::context_window_for_model)
-                    .unwrap_or(128_000);
                 let rough_estimate =
                     crate::agent::compression::estimate_messages_tokens(&current_context.messages);
                 let estimate = context_manager::estimate_turn_start(rough_estimate, ctx_max);
@@ -743,15 +749,9 @@ pub async fn run_loop(
             // the cap tightens (3000 → 1000 tokens) so a single oversized
             // result can't push the NEXT request over the limit before
             // the (reactive) post-response fold fires.
-            let cap_ctx_max = config
-                .model_name
-                .as_deref()
-                .and_then(crate::config::context_window_for_model)
-                .unwrap_or(128_000);
             let cap_estimate =
                 crate::agent::compression::estimate_messages_tokens(&current_context.messages);
-            let result_cap =
-                crate::agent::compression::tiered_result_cap(cap_estimate, cap_ctx_max);
+            let result_cap = crate::agent::compression::tiered_result_cap(cap_estimate, ctx_max);
             // Counted variant (IMPROVEMENTS_PLAN #4): track how much the
             // snip freed so the post-response fold can be skipped if it
             // bought enough headroom.
@@ -997,11 +997,6 @@ pub async fn run_loop(
             // into the stream pipeline (future phase). With None,
             // decision defaults to None (carry on).
             {
-                let ctx_max = config
-                    .model_name
-                    .as_deref()
-                    .and_then(crate::config::context_window_for_model)
-                    .unwrap_or(128_000);
                 let decision = context_manager::decide_after_usage(
                     token_usage.map(|u| u.input_tokens),
                     ctx_max,
diff --git a/src/agent/agent_loop/run_tests.rs b/src/agent/agent_loop/run_tests.rs
index 14649747..dc5fb623 100644
--- a/src/agent/agent_loop/run_tests.rs
+++ b/src/agent/agent_loop/run_tests.rs
@@ -2238,6 +2238,7 @@ async fn context_compacted_reports_compaction_kind() {
 
     async fn kind_for(
         summarize_fn: Option<crate::agent::compression::SummarizeFn>,
+        failures: u32,
     ) -> CompactionKind {
         let mut ctx = empty_context();
         ctx.messages
@@ -2253,7 +2254,7 @@ async fn context_compacted_reports_compaction_kind() {
         ctx.messages
             .push(serde_json::json!({"role":"user","content":"latest"}));
         let (tx, mut rx) = mpsc::channel::<LoopEvent>(8);
-        super::run_compaction_pass(&mut ctx, &summarize_fn, 5, 0, &None, None, &tx).await;
+        super::run_compaction_pass(&mut ctx, &summarize_fn, 5, failures, &None, None, &tx).await;
         drop(tx);
         while let Some(ev) = rx.recv().await {
             if let LoopEvent::ContextCompacted {
@@ -2275,15 +2276,37 @@ async fn context_compacted_reports_compaction_kind() {
             })
         },
     ));
-    assert_eq!(kind_for(good).await, CompactionKind::PruneAndSummary);
+    assert_eq!(kind_for(good, 0).await, CompactionKind::PruneAndSummary);
 
     // Failing summary → PruneAndFailedSummary.
     let bad: Option<crate::agent::compression::SummarizeFn> =
         Some(std::sync::Arc::new(|_p: String| {
             Box::pin(async move { Err(anyhow::anyhow!("boom")) })
         }));
-    assert_eq!(kind_for(bad).await, CompactionKind::PruneAndFailedSummary);
+    assert_eq!(
+        kind_for(bad, 0).await,
+        CompactionKind::PruneAndFailedSummary
+    );
 
     // No summarizer wired → PruneOnly.
-    assert_eq!(kind_for(None).await, CompactionKind::PruneOnly);
+    assert_eq!(kind_for(None, 0).await, CompactionKind::PruneOnly);
+
+    // Summarizer wired but the circuit breaker is OPEN (failures at the
+    // cap) → PruneSummarizerDisabled, NOT PruneOnly. The distinct kind
+    // keeps the ongoing-failure signal visible after the breaker latches
+    // instead of masquerading as a healthy no-summarizer pass. Use a
+    // summarizer that would SUCCEED if called, to prove the kind comes
+    // from the breaker being open and not from the summarizer's outcome.
+    let would_succeed: Option<crate::agent::compression::SummarizeFn> = Some(std::sync::Arc::new(
+        |_p: String| {
+            Box::pin(async move {
+                Ok("## Active Task\nx\n\n## Goal\ny\n\n## Completed Actions\n1. z\n\n## Remaining Work\nw"
+                    .to_string())
+            })
+        },
+    ));
+    assert_eq!(
+        kind_for(would_succeed, super::MAX_CONSECUTIVE_COMPACTION_FAILURES).await,
+        CompactionKind::PruneSummarizerDisabled
+    );
 }