From df9c20e6c215fc833e1d35e62a21a20721d82ed0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: red person <redpersoncoding@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:56:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Ignore invalid context budget numbers (#1831)

---
 src/context_budget.py        | 11 +++++++++--
 tests/test_context_budget.py |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/context_budget.py b/src/context_budget.py
index de4789e28..a97fbce88 100644
--- a/src/context_budget.py
+++ b/src/context_budget.py
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ DEFAULT_BUDGET = 6000
 DEFAULT_HEADROOM = 0.85
 
 
+def _int_or_zero(value) -> int:
+    try:
+        return int(value or 0)
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return 0
+
+
 def compute_input_token_budget(
     configured: int,
     context_length: int,
@@ -48,8 +55,8 @@ def compute_input_token_budget(
         - When the window is unknown (context_length <= 0), use the conservative
           ``default`` budget and do NOT scale off the fallback.
     """
-    configured = int(configured or 0)
-    context_length = int(context_length or 0)
+    configured = _int_or_zero(configured)
+    context_length = _int_or_zero(context_length)
 
     if explicit and configured > 0:
         return min(configured, context_length) if context_length > 0 else configured
diff --git a/tests/test_context_budget.py b/tests/test_context_budget.py
index 05db1d811..8480eae08 100644
--- a/tests/test_context_budget.py
+++ b/tests/test_context_budget.py
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ def test_unknown_window_falls_back_to_configured():
     assert compute_input_token_budget(0, 0, explicit=False) == 6000  # default
 
 
+def test_invalid_numeric_inputs_fall_back_cleanly():
+    assert compute_input_token_budget("bad", "also bad", explicit=False) == 6000
+    assert compute_input_token_budget("bad", 128000, explicit=True) == int(128000 * 0.85)
+
+
 def test_is_setting_overridden_reads_raw_saved_file(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     import src.settings as settings