# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Artifact registry content size bounding fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address unbounded content growth in the desktop artifact registry, introducing or refining a cap on retained character content. Multiple fixes appear to iterate on limiting registry content size.

## 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 #128454. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #128454 (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-128454`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #108172: \[Bug\]: Desktop artifact registry duplicates unbounded generated content despite count caps

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128454: fix(desktop): bound the artifact registry's retained content**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/store/artifacts.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/artifacts.ts`
- **#108178: fix(desktop): bound artifact registry content**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `b9f6ab279d`, `#128454`, `#108172`
- **#127934: Desktop: the artifact registry keeps at most 4 Mi characters of content (#108172)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `b9f6ab279d`, `#128454`, `#108172`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #128454 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-29`.