# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix unbounded and unreported staged review queue

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #117894: background_review\` staging is unbounded and unsurfaced: a batch containing one gated op stages whole, and nothing reports the queue
- PR #117905: fix(memory): bound staged review proposals
- PR #117914: fix(cli): surface staged memory/skill writes at startup and /refine

These items address a bug where background review staging grows without bound and staged memory/skill writes are not surfaced to the user at startup or during refinement. The fixes add bounds to the staged queue and expose its contents at relevant CLI entry points.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #117894: background_review\` staging is unbounded and unsurfaced: a batch containing one gated op stages whole, and nothing reports the queue

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117905: fix(memory): bound staged review proposals**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#117854`, `#118052`, `#118088`
  - files: `agent/background_review.py`, `tests/agent/test_background_review_memory_scope.py`, `tests/tools/test_memory_tool.py`, `tests/tools/test_write_approval.py`, `tools/memory_tool.py`, `tools/skill_manager_tool.py`, `tools/write_approval.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/memory.md`
- **#117914: fix(cli): surface staged memory/skill writes at startup and /refine**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#117894`, `#117905`, `#117905`
  - files: `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_commands_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_tui_runtime_mixin.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_pending_writes_notice.py`

## Fix status

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