# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cap inbound media download size to prevent memory exhaustion

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a vulnerability where inbound media downloads (image, audio, video) had no size limit, risking memory exhaustion. The work involves adding a byte cap on inbound media attachments in the gateway.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #50321. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #50321 (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-50321`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #13145: No size cap on inbound media downloads (image/audio/video) — potential memory exhaustion

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#50321: fix(gateway): cap inbound media download size to prevent memory exhaustion**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `plugins/platforms/discord/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_media_download_retry.py`, `tests/gateway/test_platform_base.py`
- **#13341: fix(gateway): cap inbound media attachment bytes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#50321`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #50321 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-21`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`