# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Memory prefetch context silently truncated in spill

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #130976: fix(memory): preserve external prefetch context
- PR #130997: fix(memory): honor a provider-declared prefetch budget in the output spill

These items concern a bug where the memory prefetch spill truncates Honcho context to a 1,000-character head/tail preview each turn, along with fixes to honor provider-declared prefetch budgets and preserve external prefetch context.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #135157. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #135157 (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-135157`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #130974: Memory prefetch spill silently truncates Honcho context to a 1,000-char head/tail preview on every turn

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#135157: fix(memory): make external prefetch spilling opt-in**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/memory_manager.py`, `cli-config.yaml.example`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/agent/test_memory_provider.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/memory-provider-plugin.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/memory.md`
- **#130976: fix(memory): preserve external prefetch context**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `ba6966afcb2b5734a39a2620a793ed612f8908d7`
  - files: `agent/memory_manager.py`, `tests/agent/test_memory_provider.py`
- **#130997: fix(memory): honor a provider-declared prefetch budget in the output spill**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `f5a40ba45c`
  - files: `agent/memory_manager.py`, `agent/memory_provider.py`, `tests/agent/test_memory_provider.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/memory-provider-plugin.md`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #135157 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-09`.
- Subsystem: `agent`