# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Portal reasoning replay cap and strip fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where long Portal sessions wedge on a non-retryable 400 error when cumulative replayed reasoning_details exceed an upstream budget. The fix involves capping and/or stripping replayed reasoning_details on the Portal transport layer.

## 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 #131790. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #131790 (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-131790`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #118182: \[Portal\] Long sessions wedge with non-retryable 400 once cumulative replayed reasoning_details exceeds upstream budget (_route_replays_reasoning_details allowlists nousresearch.com)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#131790: fix(transports): strip replayed reasoning_details on the Nous Portal wire \[risk 0.30\]**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/transports/chat_completions.py`, `tests/agent/test_provider_history_parity.py`, `tests/agent/transports/test_chat_completions_reasoning_details_replay.py`, `tests/e2e/core/providers/test_chat_reasoning_variants.py`
- **#118185: fix(transports): cap Portal reasoning replay**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#131790`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #131790 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-02`.