# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Codex image-too-large error triggers shrink retry

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where OpenAI Codex patch-budget 400 errors were not classified as image-too-large, causing automatic image shrink recovery to be bypassed. These issues and fixes address classifying and handling those errors so the shrink-and-retry path runs correctly.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #106525. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #106525 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-106525`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #106337: \[Bug\] OpenAI Codex patch-limit error bypasses automatic image shrink recovery

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106525: fix(agent): Codex patch-budget image 400 now shrinks and retries the image (#106337, salvage #106345)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/error_classifier.py`, `agent/turn_recovery.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_image_shrink_recovery.py`
- **#106345: fix(agent): classify Codex patch-budget image 400s as image_too_large so shrink recovery runs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `14a6a75ebed5f8236617f961976a24fa7d25bb37`, `#106525`, `#106337`
- **#106346: fix: recover from Codex image patch-limit errors (#106337)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#106345`, `#106337`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #106525 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-09`.