# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Memory entries removable after char limit is lowered

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #133029: fix(memory): an entry written before a limit was lowered stays removable

The members concern memory entries (USER.md/MEMORY.md) that can no longer be removed after memory_char_limit or user_char_limit is lowered, with removals reportedly refused as 'external drift'. One is a bug report and two are pull requests that appear to address it, one described as a salvage of #133029.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #144240. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #144240 (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-144240`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #133028: \[Bug\]: memory: lowering memory_char_limit / user_char_limit locks USER.md/MEMORY.md, every remove is refused as 'external drift'

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#144240: Memory entries stay removable after the char limit is lowered (salvage #133029)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/learning_mutations.py`, `tests/agent/test_learning_mutations.py`, `tests/tools/test_memory_tool.py`, `tools/memory_tool_store.py`
- **#133029: fix(memory): an entry written before a limit was lowered stays removable**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#144240`, `#107270`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_memory_tool.py`, `tools/memory_tool_store.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #144240 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-25`.
- Subsystem: `agent`