# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Memory file character limit validation on load

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern memory files (MEMORY.md / USER.md) that can exceed their character limit when loaded from disk, especially if written externally. One is a bug report and the others are fix proposals that add a warning on load rather than silently enlarging the prompt.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #109118. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #109118 (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-109118`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #10877: \[Bug\]: memory_tool load_from_disk does not validate char limit — externally written files can exceed cap

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109118: fix(memory): MEMORY.md / USER.md over their char limit warn on load instead of silently bloating the prompt (#10877, salvage #10886)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_memory_tool.py`, `tools/memory_tool_store.py`
- **#10886: fix(memory): warn when loaded memory exceeds char limit**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `4e1b3daa86f2002e0059f12bf6cfeb7f6e8ce036`, `#109118`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #109118 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-12`.
- Subsystem: `agent`