# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cap per-message content in session search read shape

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where the session search read shape returns uncapped message content, unlike FTS hits. The work involves applying a content length cap to per-message results in the read shape path.

## 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 #114901. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114901 (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-114901`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114344: session_search read shape returns uncapped message content (missed by #69334)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114901: fix(session_search): read shape and title-match entries cap per-message content like FTS hits (#114344, salvage #114349)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/tools/test_session_search.py`, `tools/session_search_tool.py`
- **#114349: fix(session_search): cap per-message content on the read shape**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `77da057c5e73`, `#114901`, `#114344`, `#114349`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114901 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.