# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Memory context repetition and SQLite performance work

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a performance problem where recalled lines are repeated within memory-context blocks and replayed on every subsequent request, along with related SQLite connection overhead. The work addresses stating each recalled line only once per block and scoping capability epoch checks to exclude archived skills.

## 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 #118962. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #118962 (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-118962`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #117397: \[Perf\]: the per-turn <memory-context> block repeats recalled lines, and every repeat is replayed on every later request

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118962: perf: one SQLite connection per delivered reply, memory-context bullets stated once, capability epoch ignores archived skills (salvage #117399, #117789, #117951)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/memory_manager.py`, `gateway/delivery_ledger.py`, `tests/agent/test_memory_context_dedupe.py`, `tests/gateway/test_delivery_ledger.py`, `tests/gateway/test_delivery_ledger_single_connection.py`, `tests/tools/test_capability_fingerprint_skill_scope.py`, `tools/bot_mode_probe.py`
- **#117399: perf(memory): a recalled line is stated once per memory-context block**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `28bd8cc08c`, `83a1a9a2bb`, `cbe23de61a`, `2bade5daa7`, `a48dde5316`, `aca4dc86a3`, `#118962`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #118962 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-22`.