# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Parsing output token cap error messages in agent

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #128171: \[Bug\]: 'max_tokens exceeds the limit of N' unparseable — output-cap auto-clamp never fires, every turn fails and the session auto-resets
- PR #128176: fix(agent): parse common output cap errors

These issues and PRs concern the agent's failure to parse certain output token limit error formats, which prevents the auto-clamp behavior from triggering. Multiple error message variants are being identified and handled.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #128171: \[Bug\]: 'max_tokens exceeds the limit of N' unparseable — output-cap auto-clamp never fires, every turn fails and the session auto-resets

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128176: fix(agent): parse common output cap errors**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`
  - files: `agent/model_metadata.py`, `tests/agent/test_output_cap_parsing.py`
- **#129737: fix(agent): parse direct comparison output cap error formats (#128171)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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