# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Memory replace truncation and silent data loss fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where a partial-entry memory replace operation silently overwrites or truncates the entire entry. The cluster covers the bug report and multiple related fix attempts addressing the behavior and its failure mode.

## 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 #117988. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117988 (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-117988`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #117952: \[Bug\]: write-approval apply of a partial-entry memory replace truncates the whole entry — silent data loss

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117988: fix(memory): replace states and surfaces the whole-entry contract — no more silent truncation (#117952, salvage #109177)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/write_approval_commands.py`, `tests/tools/test_memory_tool.py`, `tests/tools/test_write_approval.py`, `tools/memory_tool.py`, `tools/memory_tool_store.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/memory.md`
- **#117965: fix(memory): a partial-entry replace overwrites the whole entry — silent data loss**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `05b9bacbf8`, `#117988`, `#117952`, `#59184`
- **#117972: fix(memory): fail closed when approving a replace anchored inside an entry**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `67208caac3`, `05b9bacbf8`, `3275de3fa2`, `#117952`, `#109177`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117988 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-21`.