# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Capped terminal output misreported as complete

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #109757: \[Bug\]: capped terminal spill is advertised as full output
- PR #109763: fix(tools): stop advertising a capped terminal spill as full output
- PR #119873: Capped terminal/execute_code spills are reported as partial, not "full output" (#109757, salvage #109763)

A bug where truncated or capped terminal/execute_code output is incorrectly advertised as full output rather than partial. Includes a bug report, a related issue, and a corresponding fix.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #109757: \[Bug\]: capped terminal spill is advertised as full output

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109763: fix(tools): stop advertising a capped terminal spill as full output**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#119873`, `#119873`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_terminal_spill_capped_note.py`, `tools/environments/base_output.py`, `tools/terminal_tool_result.py`
- **#119873: Capped terminal/execute_code spills are reported as partial, not "full output" (#109757, salvage #109763)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_terminal_spill_capped_note.py`, `tools/code_execution_tool.py`, `tools/environments/base_output.py`, `tools/terminal_tool_result.py`

## Fix status

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