# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Configurable retired-WAL capture cap and header-only degradation warning

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #139724: Retired-WAL capture silently degrades to a header-only artefact above a hard-coded 512 MiB cap (no config, no warning)
- PR #139733: fix(state): make the retired-WAL capture cap configurable and warn on the header-only degradation

One issue reports that retired-WAL capture falls back to a header-only artefact above a hard-coded 512 MiB cap, with no configuration option or warning. Two pull requests propose making the cap configurable and surfacing or avoiding the silent header-only degradation; their outcome isn't established by the titles alone.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #139724: Retired-WAL capture silently degrades to a header-only artefact above a hard-coded 512 MiB cap (no config, no warning)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#139733: fix(state): make the retired-WAL capture cap configurable and warn on the header-only degradation**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_state_dbfile.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_retired_wal_generation_capture.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`
- **#139735: fix(state): make the retired-WAL main-image cap configurable and never silently header-only**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#140893`, `#140849`, `#140808`, `#140236`, `#139530`

## Fix status

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