# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Parsing bug for short-form context_length_exceeded errors

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #17983: \[Bug\]: fails on documented short form context_length_exceeded: 131072
- PR #17985: fix(model_metadata): parse_context_limit_from_error matches underscore short form
- PR #18144: fix(model_metadata): parse_context_limit_from_error matches underscore short form

A bug where the short-form 'context_length_exceeded' error code with an underscore was not matched by the context limit parser. Multiple fix attempts target the parser and agent handler for this case.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #17983: \[Bug\]: fails on documented short form context_length_exceeded: 131072

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#17985: fix(model_metadata): parse_context_limit_from_error matches underscore short form**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/model_metadata.py`, `tests/agent/test_model_metadata.py`
- **#18144: fix(model_metadata): parse_context_limit_from_error matches underscore short form**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#17985`, `#17983`
  - files: `agent/model_metadata.py`, `tests/agent/test_model_metadata.py`
- **#18284: fix(agent): handle context_length_exceeded short form parser**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#17985`, `#18144`, `#17983`

## Fix status

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