NousResearch/hermes-agent

Memory tool bugs and output handling fixes

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #12852 on 20 Apr 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address several issues with the memory tool: suppressing its progress/responses from leaking into public gateway and messaging outputs, recovering from malformed arguments, fixing stuck or looping behavior, and improving display of memory previews.

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  • #12852 fix(display): render <missing old_text> in memory previews instead of empty quotes

    merged to main

    files: agent/display.py, tests/agent/test_display.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1 · other 1

  • #12831 fix(memory): recover from malformed memory edit args · done elsewhere → #12456, #12852
  • #13984 fix(run_agent): stop repeated memory tool loops · other
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#12456[Bug]: 🧠 memory -memory: "" 0.0s [error] It often gets stuck here during use.
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2 PRs closed without merging
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