NousResearch/hermes-agent

Background review context rejection handling fixes

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #114870 on 19 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items relate to how background review context failures are detected and reported, specifically addressing cases where a context rejection from background review was incorrectly attributed to the foreground conversation being too long. Changes also involve budget adjustments for local models.

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  • #114870 fix(review, agent): background-review budget fits local models; server context rejection no longer blamed on the conversation (#114645, #114644, salvage #114651)

    merged to main

    files: agent/background_review.py, agent/turn_failure_copy.py, agent/turn_overflow.py, contributors/emails/[redacted:email], hermes_cli/config_defaults.py, tests/agent/test_background_review_input_budget.py, tests/agent/test_failed_turn_site_codes.py, website/docs/reference/faq.md, website/docs/user-guide/features/memory.md

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From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1

  • #114649 fix(agent): distinguish background review context failures · superseded by another PR → 1baae31, #114870, #114645, #114644, #114651
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#114644[Bug]: Background-review context rejection is reported as the foreground conversation being too long
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19 Sep 2026

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