# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Mac unified memory budget miscalculation bug fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #102619: \[Bug\]: 'Too big for this machine' tag applied to models that fit easily on unified-memory Macs (Qwen3.8 27B on 128 GB M5 Max)

A bug caused models that fit comfortably in Apple Silicon unified memory to be incorrectly flagged as too large for the machine. These items track the report and subsequent fixes to the memory budgeting logic for shared/unified memory pools.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #102619: \[Bug\]: 'Too big for this machine' tag applied to models that fit easily on unified-memory Macs (Qwen3.8 27B on 128 GB M5 Max)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#103274: Fix unified-memory budgeting on Apple Silicon and other shared pools**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#102993`, `#102562`, `#53347`, `#32770`, `#102619`
- **#103833: fix: \[Bug\]: 'Too big for this machine' tag applied to models that fit easily on unified-memory Macs (Qwen3.8 27B on 128 GB M5 Max) (#102619)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `743ee72596e7`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`