# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Preserve persisted-output path in compressed tool results

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #128786: Compressed tool-result summaries drop the persisted-output path
- PR #128790: fix(agent): preserve persisted tool output paths
- PR #129226: fix(agent): keep the persisted-output path in compressed tool-result summaries (#128786)

These items address a bug where the persisted-output file path is lost when tool-result summaries are compressed by the agent. The work focuses on retaining that path through the compression process.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #128786: Compressed tool-result summaries drop the persisted-output path

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128790: fix(agent): preserve persisted tool output paths**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `tests/agent/test_tool_result_summary_persisted_path.py`
- **#129215: fix(agent): keep the persisted-output path in compressed tool-result summaries (#128786)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#129226`
- **#129226: fix(agent): keep the persisted-output path in compressed tool-result summaries (#128786)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#1`, `#2`, `#1`, `#2`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_compressor.py`

## Fix status

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