# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Memory tool availability gating and status accuracy

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to ensuring the memory tool and its status indicators correctly reflect whether built-in memory stores are enabled or disabled, rather than appearing active unconditionally.

## 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 #90559. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #90559 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #18404: hermes memory status says "Built-in: always active" even when built-in store is disabled — confusing UX

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#90559: fix(memory): disabled built-in stores no longer leave a dead memory tool and guidance in every prompt (salvage #90413)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/prompt_builder.py`, `agent/system_prompt.py`, `tests/agent/test_builtin_memory_disabled_surface.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_run_agent.py`, `tools/memory_tool.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/memory.md`
- **#41488: fix(memory): gate memory tool availability on config flags**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#90559`, `#90413`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #90559 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-20`.
- Subsystem: `agent`