# NousResearch/hermes-agent · suppress misleading context-file truncation warnings

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where context_file_max_chars truncation warnings incorrectly appeared in chat during boot warm-up or subdirectory hint previews. Related fixes and a PR aim to suppress these warnings from leaking into user-facing output.

## 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 #112211. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112211 (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-112211`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111772: \[Bug\]: Subdirectory hint preview pushes a misleading \`context_file_max_chars\` warning into the chat

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112211: fix(agent,gateway): context-file truncation warnings no longer leak from boot warm-up or hint previews (#111773, #111772, salvage #111777 #111781)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/AGENTS.md`, `agent/prompt_builder.py`, `agent/subdirectory_hints.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `tests/agent/test_subdirectory_hints.py`, `tests/gateway/test_startup_environment_probe.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/context-files.md`
- **#111781: fix(agent): suppress subdirectory hint truncation warning**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `c1bbcf9712`, `#112211`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112211 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.