# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Deferred memory tools incorrectly included in requests

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #110341: \[Bug\]: tool_search-deferred tools are re-appended by inject_memory_provider_tools() and shipped in the request
- PR #110348: fix(agent): keep deferred memory tools out of model requests
- PR #124055: fix(tools): defer memory-provider and context-engine tools named in tool_search.defer

A bug where tools marked for deferral via tool_search were being re-appended and sent in model requests, along with fixes to keep deferred memory-provider and context-engine tools excluded from those requests.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #110341: \[Bug\]: tool_search-deferred tools are re-appended by inject_memory_provider_tools() and shipped in the request

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#110348: fix(agent): keep deferred memory tools out of model requests**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `afe06f21f4`, `#110341`
  - files: `agent/memory_manager.py`, `tests/agent/test_memory_provider.py`
- **#124055: fix(tools): defer memory-provider and context-engine tools named in tool_search.defer**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `acp_adapter/server.py`, `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/memory_manager.py`, `agent/tool_executor.py`, `model_tools.py`, `tests/acp_adapter/test_mcp_e2e.py`, `tests/agent/test_post_build_tool_deferral.py`, `tools/mcp_tool_agent.py`, `tools/tool_search.py`, `tools/tool_search_catalog.py`, `tools/tool_search_validation.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/tool-search.md`

## Fix status

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