diff --git a/.changeset/compaction-dropped-count-wire-trace.md b/.changeset/compaction-dropped-count-wire-trace.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6215dbd123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/compaction-dropped-count-wire-trace.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@moonshot-ai/kimi-code": patch
+---
+
+Add the number of messages dropped during compaction retries to the session wire log's LLM request traces.
diff --git a/.changeset/dynamically-loaded-tools-capability-rename.md b/.changeset/dynamically-loaded-tools-capability-rename.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2ec3927ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dynamically-loaded-tools-capability-rename.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@moonshot-ai/kimi-code": patch
+---
+
+Rename the dynamic tool loading model capability from `select_tools` to `dynamically_loaded_tools`, matching the model catalog vocabulary; the `select_tools` tool and the `tool-select` flag are unchanged.
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/fullCompaction/fullCompactionService.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/fullCompaction/fullCompactionService.ts
index 3705f20d64..93fd8d0548 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/fullCompaction/fullCompactionService.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/fullCompaction/fullCompactionService.ts
@@ -530,7 +530,14 @@ export class AgentFullCompactionService extends Disposable implements IAgentFull
               {
                 messages,
                 maxOutputSize: compactionMaxOutputSize,
-                source: { type: 'operation', requestKind: 'full_compaction' },
+                source: {
+                  type: 'operation',
+                  requestKind: 'full_compaction',
+                  // Per-attempt count of messages dropped by overflow/empty
+                  // shrinks so far; recorded on the llm.request wire op so a
+                  // replay can see how much history each retry round blinded.
+                  logFields: { droppedCount },
+                },
               },
               undefined,
               signal,
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/toolSelect/flag.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/toolSelect/flag.ts
index 4015a2b49c..c773314035 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/toolSelect/flag.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/toolSelect/flag.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export const toolSelectFlag: FlagDefinitionInput = {
   id: TOOL_SELECT_FLAG_ID,
   title: 'Tool select (progressive tool disclosure)',
   description:
-    'Keep MCP tool schemas out of the immutable top-level tools[]; the model loads them on demand via the select_tools tool. Only takes effect on models whose capability catalog declares select_tools.',
+    'Keep MCP tool schemas out of the immutable top-level tools[]; the model loads them on demand via the select_tools tool. Only takes effect on models whose capability catalog declares dynamically loaded tools.',
   env: TOOL_SELECT_FLAG_ENV,
   default: false,
   surface: 'core',
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/toolSelect/toolSelectService.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/toolSelect/toolSelectService.ts
index 02529fc3f0..8e605a643a 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/toolSelect/toolSelectService.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/agent/toolSelect/toolSelectService.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class AgentToolSelectService extends Disposable implements IAgentToolSele
   enabled(): boolean {
     const capabilities = this.profile.getModelCapabilities();
     return (
-      capabilities.select_tools === true &&
+      capabilities.dynamically_loaded_tools === true &&
       capabilities.tool_use &&
       this.flags.enabled(TOOL_SELECT_FLAG_ID)
     );
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/app/llmProtocol/capability.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/app/llmProtocol/capability.ts
index 52a3950126..de54d89bea 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/app/llmProtocol/capability.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/app/llmProtocol/capability.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export interface ModelCapability {
   readonly thinking: boolean;
   readonly tool_use: boolean;
   readonly max_context_tokens: number;
-  readonly select_tools?: boolean;
+  readonly dynamically_loaded_tools?: boolean;
 }
 
 const UNKNOWN_CAPABILITY_MARKER = Symbol.for('moonshot-ai.kosong.UNKNOWN_CAPABILITY');
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export const UNKNOWN_CAPABILITY: ModelCapability = Object.freeze(
       thinking: false,
       tool_use: false,
       max_context_tokens: 0,
-      select_tools: false,
+      dynamically_loaded_tools: false,
     },
     UNKNOWN_CAPABILITY_MARKER,
     { value: true },
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export function isUnknownCapability(capability: ModelCapability): boolean {
     !capability.audio_in &&
     !capability.thinking &&
     !capability.tool_use &&
-    capability.select_tools !== true &&
+    capability.dynamically_loaded_tools !== true &&
     capability.max_context_tokens === 0
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/app/llmProtocol/catalog.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/app/llmProtocol/catalog.ts
index 744de6229c..4fee00397e 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/app/llmProtocol/catalog.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/app/llmProtocol/catalog.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export interface CatalogModelEntry {
   readonly limit?: { readonly context?: number; readonly output?: number };
   readonly tool_call?: boolean;
   readonly reasoning?: boolean;
-  readonly select_tools?: boolean;
+  readonly dynamically_loaded_tools?: boolean;
   readonly interleaved?: boolean | { readonly field?: string };
   readonly modalities?: {
     readonly input?: readonly string[];
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export function catalogModelToCapability(model: CatalogModelEntry): CatalogModel
       thinking: Boolean(model.reasoning),
       tool_use: model.tool_call ?? true,
       max_context_tokens: context,
-      select_tools: model.select_tools === true,
+      dynamically_loaded_tools: model.dynamically_loaded_tools === true,
     },
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/app/model/modelResolverService.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/app/model/modelResolverService.ts
index 8eb737e577..175ce24943 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/src/app/model/modelResolverService.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/src/app/model/modelResolverService.ts
@@ -315,7 +315,9 @@ function resolveModelCapabilities(
     thinking: declared.has('thinking') || declared.has('always_thinking') || detected.thinking,
     tool_use: declared.has('tool_use') || detected.tool_use,
     max_context_tokens: maxContextSize,
-    select_tools: declared.has('select_tools') || detected.select_tools === true,
+    dynamically_loaded_tools:
+      declared.has('dynamically_loaded_tools') ||
+      detected.dynamically_loaded_tools === true,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/fullCompaction/fullCompaction.test.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/fullCompaction/fullCompaction.test.ts
index 092bac1d09..b5f4d8f4fe 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/fullCompaction/fullCompaction.test.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/fullCompaction/fullCompaction.test.ts
@@ -1756,7 +1756,7 @@ describe('FullCompaction', () => {
       modelCapabilities: {
         ...CATALOGUED_MODEL_CAPABILITIES,
         max_context_tokens: 2_000,
-        select_tools: true,
+        dynamically_loaded_tools: true,
       },
       tools: [LARGE_MCP_TOOL],
     });
@@ -2500,6 +2500,23 @@ describe('FullCompaction', () => {
         }),
       }),
     );
+    type WireRequestEvent = {
+      type: '[wire]';
+      event: 'llm.request';
+      args: Record<string, unknown>;
+    };
+    const requestEvents = events.filter((event): event is WireRequestEvent => {
+      if (event === null || typeof event !== 'object') return false;
+      const candidate = event as { type?: unknown; event?: unknown };
+      return candidate.type === '[wire]' && candidate.event === 'llm.request';
+    });
+    expect(
+      requestEvents.map((event) => [event.args['kind'], event.args['droppedCount']]),
+    ).toEqual([
+      ['compaction', 0],
+      ['compaction', 2],
+      ['loop', undefined],
+    ]);
     expect(events).toContainEqual(
       expect.objectContaining({
         event: 'turn.ended',
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/llmRequester/llmRequester.test.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/llmRequester/llmRequester.test.ts
index d547667600..5317c96eb8 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/llmRequester/llmRequester.test.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/llmRequester/llmRequester.test.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ describe('LLMRequester service migration coverage', () => {
           thinking: false,
           tool_use: true,
           max_context_tokens: 128_000,
-          select_tools: true,
+          dynamically_loaded_tools: true,
         },
       });
       ctx.mockNextResponse({ type: 'text', text: 'first response' });
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/toolSelect/toolSelect.e2e.test.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/toolSelect/toolSelect.e2e.test.ts
index 09f62146bd..db6e07250f 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/toolSelect/toolSelect.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/toolSelect/toolSelect.e2e.test.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const DISCLOSURE_CAPABILITIES = {
   thinking: false,
   tool_use: true,
   max_context_tokens: 128_000,
-  select_tools: true,
+  dynamically_loaded_tools: true,
 } as const;
 
 type WireEvent = Extract<
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/toolSelect/toolSelectService.test.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/toolSelect/toolSelectService.test.ts
index 068eed0f30..0e30e87d00 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/toolSelect/toolSelectService.test.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/agent/toolSelect/toolSelectService.test.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ let activeToolNames: ReadonlySet<string> | undefined;
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   disposables = new DisposableStore();
-  capabilities = makeCapabilities({ tool_use: true, select_tools: true });
+  capabilities = makeCapabilities({ tool_use: true, dynamically_loaded_tools: true });
   flagEnabled = false;
   activeToolNames = undefined;
 });
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ afterEach(() => disposables.dispose());
 
 function makeCapabilities(overrides: {
   readonly tool_use?: boolean;
-  readonly select_tools?: boolean;
+  readonly dynamically_loaded_tools?: boolean;
 } = {}): ModelCapability {
   return {
     image_in: false,
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ function makeCapabilities(overrides: {
     thinking: false,
     tool_use: overrides.tool_use ?? false,
     max_context_tokens: 128_000,
-    select_tools: overrides.select_tools,
+    dynamically_loaded_tools: overrides.dynamically_loaded_tools,
   };
 }
 
@@ -404,22 +404,22 @@ async function execute(
 }
 
 describe('AgentToolSelectService gate', () => {
-  it('opens only when select_tools capability, tool_use capability and flag are all on', () => {
+  it('opens only when dynamically_loaded_tools capability, tool_use capability and flag are all on', () => {
     flagEnabled = true;
     const { sut } = createHarness();
     expect(sut.enabled()).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it('stays closed without the select_tools capability', () => {
+  it('stays closed without the dynamically_loaded_tools capability', () => {
     flagEnabled = true;
-    capabilities = makeCapabilities({ tool_use: true, select_tools: false });
+    capabilities = makeCapabilities({ tool_use: true, dynamically_loaded_tools: false });
     const { sut } = createHarness();
     expect(sut.enabled()).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it('stays closed without tool_use capability', () => {
     flagEnabled = true;
-    capabilities = makeCapabilities({ tool_use: false, select_tools: true });
+    capabilities = makeCapabilities({ tool_use: false, dynamically_loaded_tools: true });
     const { sut } = createHarness();
     expect(sut.enabled()).toBe(false);
   });
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ describe('AgentToolSelectService gate', () => {
 });
 
 describe('AgentToolSelectService S0 baseline (gate closed)', () => {
-  it('shapeTools returns the identical array when select_tools is absent', () => {
+  it('shapeTools returns the identical array when dynamically_loaded_tools is absent', () => {
     const h = createHarness();
     registerBuiltin(h, new EchoTool());
     registerMcp(h, new StubMcpTool(MCP_ALPHA));
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/app/llmProtocol/select-tools.test.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/app/llmProtocol/select-tools.test.ts
index a0d55ac5fd..15fe14b13e 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/app/llmProtocol/select-tools.test.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/app/llmProtocol/select-tools.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *     normalization and the `$` builtin branch shared with top-level tools);
  *   - `Tool.deferred` stripping in `generate()` (single strip point for every
  *     provider call — the marker itself must never reach the wire);
- *   - the `select_tools` capability bit (unknown/default-off semantics).
+ *   - the `dynamically_loaded_tools` capability bit (unknown/default-off semantics).
  */
 
 import { UNKNOWN_CAPABILITY, isUnknownCapability } from '#/app/llmProtocol/capability';
@@ -318,12 +318,12 @@ describe('providers without message-level tool declarations', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('select_tools capability bit', () => {
+describe('dynamically_loaded_tools capability bit', () => {
   it('defaults to false on UNKNOWN_CAPABILITY', () => {
-    expect(UNKNOWN_CAPABILITY.select_tools).toBe(false);
+    expect(UNKNOWN_CAPABILITY.dynamically_loaded_tools).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it('a capability that only has select_tools is not "unknown"', () => {
+  it('a capability that only has dynamically_loaded_tools is not "unknown"', () => {
     expect(
       isUnknownCapability({
         image_in: false,
@@ -332,16 +332,17 @@ describe('select_tools capability bit', () => {
         thinking: false,
         tool_use: false,
         max_context_tokens: 0,
-        select_tools: true,
+        dynamically_loaded_tools: true,
       }),
     ).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it('catalog entries map select_tools and default it to false', () => {
+  it('catalog entries map dynamically_loaded_tools and default it to false', () => {
     const base = { id: 'm', limit: { context: 1000 } };
-    expect(catalogModelToCapability(base)?.capability.select_tools).toBe(false);
+    expect(catalogModelToCapability(base)?.capability.dynamically_loaded_tools).toBe(false);
     expect(
-      catalogModelToCapability({ ...base, select_tools: true })?.capability.select_tools,
+      catalogModelToCapability({ ...base, dynamically_loaded_tools: true })?.capability
+        .dynamically_loaded_tools,
     ).toBe(true);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/app/model/modelResolver.test.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/app/model/modelResolver.test.ts
index f1101da0ba..db9f76b103 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/app/model/modelResolver.test.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/app/model/modelResolver.test.ts
@@ -148,16 +148,16 @@ describe('ModelResolverService', () => {
     expect(auth).toEqual({ apiKey: 'sk-model' });
   });
 
-  it('forwards declared select_tools capability to the resolved model', () => {
+  it('forwards declared dynamically_loaded_tools capability to the resolved model', () => {
     providers['p'] = { type: 'kimi', baseUrl: 'https://example.test/v1', apiKey: 'sk-test' };
     models['m'] = {
       provider: 'p',
       model: 'wire-name',
       maxContextSize: 1000,
-      capabilities: ['select_tools'],
+      capabilities: ['dynamically_loaded_tools'],
     };
 
-    expect(ix.get(IModelResolver).resolve('m').capabilities.select_tools).toBe(true);
+    expect(ix.get(IModelResolver).resolve('m').capabilities.dynamically_loaded_tools).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it('returns an OAuth access token as ProviderRequestAuth.apiKey', async () => {
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ describe('ModelResolverService', () => {
         thinking: true,
         tool_use: false,
         max_context_tokens: 1000,
-        select_tools: false,
+        dynamically_loaded_tools: false,
       });
     });
 
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ describe('ModelResolverService', () => {
         thinking: false,
         tool_use: true,
         max_context_tokens: 128000,
-        select_tools: false,
+        dynamically_loaded_tools: false,
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/harness/agent.ts b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/harness/agent.ts
index b50fe23336..691cd956ba 100644
--- a/packages/agent-core-v2/test/harness/agent.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-core-v2/test/harness/agent.ts
@@ -2217,7 +2217,7 @@ function capabilityNames(capabilities: ModelCapability | undefined): string[] {
     capabilities.audio_in ? 'audio_in' : undefined,
     capabilities.thinking ? 'thinking' : undefined,
     capabilities.tool_use ? 'tool_use' : undefined,
-    capabilities.select_tools ? 'select_tools' : undefined,
+    capabilities.dynamically_loaded_tools ? 'dynamically_loaded_tools' : undefined,
   ].filter((capability): capability is string => capability !== undefined);
 }