# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Memory saving ignores user no-save requests

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #116788: Background memory reviewer can persist facts the user explicitly asked not to save
- PR #116834: fix(memory): stage background-review adds to USER.md, add a consent rule to the review prompt
- PR #116846: fix(memory): stage unattended adds that self-report a no-save request

A bug where the background memory reviewer persists facts despite explicit user requests not to save them. The members cover the problem report and two fixes targeting the review prompt and staging logic.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116788: Background memory reviewer can persist facts the user explicitly asked not to save

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116834: fix(memory): stage background-review adds to USER.md, add a consent rule to the review prompt**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/background_review.py`, `tests/tools/test_memory_tool.py`, `tools/memory_tool.py`
- **#116846: fix(memory): stage unattended adds that self-report a no-save request**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`
  - files: `agent/background_review.py`, `tests/agent/test_review_prompt_consent.py`, `tests/tools/test_memory_tool.py`, `tools/memory_tool.py`

## Fix status

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