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@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ The following MUST be identical across ALL profiles:
 - For 128K context window: `threshold: 0.65` (fires at ~85K tokens)
 - Do NOT use `threshold: 0.25` — this fires at 65K, causing premature context loss
 - Do NOT use `threshold: 0.80` — this delays until ~105K, leaving only 23K margin
-- `max_context_window: 131072` MUST match the model's actual capacity (128K)
+- `max_context_window: 131072` MUST stay at the pool floor (NVIDIA hosts 128K; Strix Halo 256K)
 - See `devops-hermes-compression` skill for full reference
 
 ### Rule 9: Compression Threshold for 128K Models