# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Opt-in retrieval of assistant reasoning traces in search

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #109092: feat(search): assistant reasoning traces are stored but unreachable by any search route
- PR #109103: feat(search): add opt-in reasoning trace recall
- PR #109117: feat(search): make assistant reasoning traces retrievable via an opt-in scope

These items concern making assistant reasoning traces stored and retrievable through search via an opt-in mechanism or scope. The work involves adding the necessary access controls and routes to expose this data when explicitly requested.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #109092: feat(search): assistant reasoning traces are stored but unreachable by any search route

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109103: feat(search): add opt-in reasoning trace recall**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#109117`, `#109092`
  - files: `hermes_state_search.py`, `tests/tools/test_session_search.py`, `tools/session_search_tool.py`
- **#109117: feat(search): make assistant reasoning traces retrievable via an opt-in scope**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/inline_tool_executors.py`, `hermes_state_search.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_reasoning_search_scope.py`, `tests/tools/test_session_search.py`, `tools/session_search_tool.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`