diff --git a/kvpress/presses/adakv_press.py b/kvpress/presses/adakv_press.py
index 7918a6473..fbeea6623 100644
--- a/kvpress/presses/adakv_press.py
+++ b/kvpress/presses/adakv_press.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def compress(self, module, hidden_states, keys, values, attentions, kwargs):
         bsz, num_key_value_heads, k_len = scores.shape
 
         # Make sure to keep at least alpha * (1 - compression_ratio) KV pairs per head
-        n_kept = int(k_len * (1 - self.compression_ratio))  # ScorerPress definition
+        n_kept = max(1, int(k_len * (1 - self.compression_ratio)))  # ScorerPress definition
         n_safe = int(n_kept * self.alpha_safeguard)
         top_indices = torch.topk(scores, n_safe, dim=-1).indices
         scores.scatter_(-1, top_indices, torch.finfo(scores.dtype).max)
diff --git a/kvpress/presses/block_press.py b/kvpress/presses/block_press.py
index 22e2da099..1856962e9 100644
--- a/kvpress/presses/block_press.py
+++ b/kvpress/presses/block_press.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def compress(
         bsz, num_key_value_heads, k_len, head_dim = keys.shape
 
         block_size = self.block_size if self.block_size < k_len else k_len
-        n_kept = int(k_len * (1 - self.compression_ratio))
+        n_kept = max(1, int(k_len * (1 - self.compression_ratio)))
 
         kept_indices = torch.arange(n_kept, device=keys.device).expand(bsz, num_key_value_heads, -1)
 
diff --git a/kvpress/presses/criticalkv_press.py b/kvpress/presses/criticalkv_press.py
index aee4157d1..05c6357b8 100644
--- a/kvpress/presses/criticalkv_press.py
+++ b/kvpress/presses/criticalkv_press.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def compress(self, module, hidden_states, keys, values, attentions, kwargs):
         bsz, num_key_value_heads, k_len = scores.shape
 
         # Make sure to keep at least alpha * (1 - compression_ratio) KV pairs per head
-        n_kept = int(k_len * (1 - self.compression_ratio))  # ScorerPress definition
+        n_kept = max(1, int(k_len * (1 - self.compression_ratio)))  # ScorerPress definition
         n_safe = int(n_kept * self.alpha_safeguard)
         top_indices = torch.topk(scores, n_safe, dim=-1).indices
         scores.scatter_(-1, top_indices, torch.finfo(scores.dtype).max)
diff --git a/kvpress/presses/finch_press.py b/kvpress/presses/finch_press.py
index 66879b673..80e4f6f55 100644
--- a/kvpress/presses/finch_press.py
+++ b/kvpress/presses/finch_press.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def compress(self, module, hidden_states, keys, values, attentions, kwargs):
         # Compute indices to keep (optionally by chunks)
         k_len = keys.shape[2]  # Use actual sequence length from keys instead of hidden_states
         if self.chunk_length is None:
-            n_kept = int(k_len * (1 - self.compression_ratio))
+            n_kept = max(1, int(k_len * (1 - self.compression_ratio)))
             indices = scores.topk(n_kept, dim=-1).indices
         else:
             assert self.chunk_length > self.window_size / (1 - self.compression_ratio)
diff --git a/kvpress/presses/key_rerotation_press.py b/kvpress/presses/key_rerotation_press.py
index d79db95a8..b277dbdc3 100644
--- a/kvpress/presses/key_rerotation_press.py
+++ b/kvpress/presses/key_rerotation_press.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def compress(
 
         # Get indices of KV pairs with the lowest scores
         q_len = keys.shape[2]
-        n_kept = int(q_len * (1 - self.press.compression_ratio))
+        n_kept = max(1, int(q_len * (1 - self.press.compression_ratio)))
         indices = scores.topk(n_kept, dim=-1).indices
         indices = torch.sort(indices, dim=2).values
         keys = self.rerotate_keys(module, indices, keys)
diff --git a/kvpress/presses/merging_press.py b/kvpress/presses/merging_press.py
index ed07ad674..b65bf6b7c 100644
--- a/kvpress/presses/merging_press.py
+++ b/kvpress/presses/merging_press.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def compress(
 
         # Get indices of KV pairs with the lowest scores
         k_len = keys.shape[2]
-        n_kept = int(k_len * (1 - self.press.compression_ratio))
+        n_kept = max(1, int(k_len * (1 - self.press.compression_ratio)))
         indices = scores.topk(n_kept, dim=-1).indices
 
         # Merge evicted tokens into the survivors before pruning
diff --git a/kvpress/presses/scorer_press.py b/kvpress/presses/scorer_press.py
index f7f33d169..b4e964690 100644
--- a/kvpress/presses/scorer_press.py
+++ b/kvpress/presses/scorer_press.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def compress(
 
         # Get indices of KV pairs with the lowest scores
         k_len = keys.shape[2]
-        n_kept = int(k_len * (1 - self.compression_ratio))
+        n_kept = max(1, int(k_len * (1 - self.compression_ratio)))
         indices = scores.topk(n_kept, dim=-1).indices
         indices = indices.unsqueeze(-1).expand(-1, -1, -1, module.head_dim)
 
diff --git a/tests/presses/test_scorer_press.py b/tests/presses/test_scorer_press.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d11ffcf55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/presses/test_scorer_press.py
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 1993-2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import types
+
+import pytest
+import torch
+
+from kvpress.presses.adakv_press import AdaKVPress
+from kvpress.presses.block_press import BlockPress
+from kvpress.presses.criticalkv_press import CriticalAdaKVPress
+from kvpress.presses.finch_press import FinchPress
+from kvpress.presses.key_rerotation_press import KeyRerotationPress
+from kvpress.presses.knorm_press import KnormPress
+from kvpress.presses.merging_press import MergingPress
+
+# Short contexts where ``int(k_len * (1 - compression_ratio))`` floors to 0.
+# Without a floor guard the cache is emptied to (bsz, heads, 0, head_dim) and
+# the next decode silently attends zero keys (NaN / divergent generation). The
+# ``max(1, int(...))`` guard keeps at least one token at every n_kept site.
+PRESS_NAMES = [
+    "KnormPress",
+    "BlockPress",
+    "MergingPress",
+    "KeyRerotationPress",
+    "FinchPress",
+    "AdaKVPress",
+    "CriticalAdaKVPress",
+]
+
+
+def _make_press(name, ratio):
+    child = KnormPress(compression_ratio=ratio)
+    if name == "KnormPress":
+        return child
+    if name == "BlockPress":
+        return BlockPress(press=child)
+    if name == "MergingPress":
+        return MergingPress(press=child)
+    if name == "KeyRerotationPress":
+        return KeyRerotationPress(press=child)
+    if name == "FinchPress":
+        press = FinchPress(compression_ratio=ratio, rerotate_keys=False)
+        press.window_size = 1
+        return press
+    if name == "AdaKVPress":
+        return AdaKVPress(press=child)
+    if name == "CriticalAdaKVPress":
+        return CriticalAdaKVPress(press=child)
+    raise ValueError(name)
+
+
+def _make_module(name, head_dim, num_key_value_heads):
+    """Minimal fake attention module exposing only what each press reads."""
+    module = types.SimpleNamespace(head_dim=head_dim)
+    if name == "KeyRerotationPress":
+        # rerotate_keys reads module.rotary_emb.inv_freq
+        module.rotary_emb = types.SimpleNamespace(inv_freq=torch.randn(head_dim // 2))
+    if name == "FinchPress":
+        module.config = types.SimpleNamespace(num_attention_heads=num_key_value_heads)
+    if name in ("AdaKVPress", "CriticalAdaKVPress"):
+        num_attention_heads = num_key_value_heads  # num_key_value_groups == 1
+        hidden_size = num_attention_heads * head_dim
+        module.config = types.SimpleNamespace(
+            _attn_implementation="sdpa",
+            num_attention_heads=num_attention_heads,
+            head_dim=head_dim,
+            hidden_size=hidden_size,
+        )
+        module.num_key_value_groups = 1
+        module.o_proj = types.SimpleNamespace(
+            weight=torch.randn(hidden_size, num_attention_heads * head_dim)
+        )
+    return module
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("k_len, ratio", [(1, 0.5), (2, 0.6)])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("press_name", PRESS_NAMES)
+def test_compress_never_empties_cache_on_short_context(press_name, k_len, ratio):
+    """Short contexts must never collapse the cache to zero tokens.
+
+    Reproduces the n_kept floor-to-zero bug: ``int(k_len * (1 - ratio))`` is 0
+    for the parametrized cases, so the cache is emptied (shape[2] == 0) or every
+    token is flagged for pruning. The ``max(1, ...)`` guard keeps at least one
+    token, so the compressed cache stays non-empty and finite.
+    """
+    if press_name == "FinchPress" and k_len < 2:
+        # FinchPress windowing needs a window strictly shorter than the sequence.
+        pytest.skip("FinchPress requires k_len > window_size")
+
+    bsz, num_key_value_heads, head_dim = 1, 2, 8
+    hidden_dim = num_key_value_heads * head_dim
+    keys = torch.randn(bsz, num_key_value_heads, k_len, head_dim)
+    values = torch.randn(bsz, num_key_value_heads, k_len, head_dim)
+    hidden_states = torch.randn(bsz, k_len, hidden_dim)
+
+    module = _make_module(press_name, head_dim, num_key_value_heads)
+    press = _make_press(press_name, ratio)
+
+    if press_name == "FinchPress":
+        num_heads = num_key_value_heads  # num_key_value_groups == 1
+        attentions = torch.randn(bsz, num_heads, press.window_size, k_len)
+    else:
+        attentions = None
+    kwargs = {}
+
+    out_keys, _ = press.compress(module, hidden_states, keys, values, attentions, kwargs)
+
+    # The cache must never be emptied to zero tokens.
+    assert out_keys.shape[2] >= 1
+    assert not torch.isnan(out_keys).any()
+
+    # AdaKVPress / CriticalAdaKVPress return keys unchanged but flag pruned
+    # tokens via module.masked_key_indices; with the bug every token is pruned.
+    masked = getattr(module, "masked_key_indices", None)
+    if masked is not None:
+        assert len(masked[2]) < num_key_value_heads * k_len