# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix batch runner dropping tool-search bridge trajectories

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #123817: \[Bug\]: batch_runner drops every trajectory that used the Tool Search bridge as a corrupted entry
- PR #123818: fix(batch_runner): keep trajectories that used the Tool Search bridge
- PR #123850: fix(batch): keep tool-search bridge trajectories

A bug was reported where the batch runner incorrectly discards trajectories that used the Tool Search bridge as corrupted entries. Multiple fixes address retaining those trajectories.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #123817: \[Bug\]: batch_runner drops every trajectory that used the Tool Search bridge as a corrupted entry

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#123818: fix(batch_runner): keep trajectories that used the Tool Search bridge**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `batch_runner.py`, `tests/test_batch_runner_tool_search.py`
- **#123850: fix(batch): keep tool-search bridge trajectories**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`
  - files: `batch_runner.py`, `tests/test_batch_runner_checkpoint.py`, `tests/test_batch_runner_discard_resume.py`

## Fix status

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