# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Ollama context size not refreshed on model switch

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #110239: \[Bug\]: /model switch never recomputes agent._ollama_num_ctx, silently ignoring per-model Ollama context overrides
- PR #110251: fix(model): refresh Ollama context on model switch

These issues and PRs address a bug where switching models via /model does not recompute the Ollama context window size, causing per-model context overrides to be silently ignored. Fixes target re-resolving the num_ctx value when the active model changes.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #110239: \[Bug\]: /model switch never recomputes agent._ollama_num_ctx, silently ignoring per-model Ollama context overrides

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#110251: fix(model): refresh Ollama context on model switch**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `d7b385cffd26692a0a6caa0ee204f0df7c05414b`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `tests/agent/test_ollama_num_ctx.py`
- **#111606: fix(agent): re-resolve ollama num_ctx on /model switch (#110239)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#110251`, `#110239`

## Fix status

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