# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cap background review input tokens for local models

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address the background review feature defaulting to a max_input_tokens value far exceeding typical local model context windows. The changes derive or cap the default input budget based on the review model's actual context window size.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114870. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114870 (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-114870`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #114645: \[Bug\]: background_review max_input_tokens defaults to 600000, ~9x a typical local model's context (follow-up to #93057)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#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 · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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`
- **#114651: fix(review): cap default background input budget**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `1baae3132a65`, `#114870`, `#114645`, `#114644`, `#114651`
- **#114669: fix(review): derive default background input budget from the review model's context window**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `1baae3132a65`, `#114870`, `#114645`, `#114644`, `#114651`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114870 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.