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Trigram FTS index bloat and opt-out controls

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1 open item. Fix merged in #65798 on 22 Jul 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address excessive state.db size caused by trigram full-text search indexes, and introduce various config flags, environment variables, and storage layout changes to allow disabling or reducing those indexes.

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Open PRs1

  • PR#68394feat(state): add sessions.trigram_fts config flag to disable the trigram FTS index

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  • #65798 perf(state): compact v23 FTS layout — external-content indexes, tool-row-free trigram, opt-in `hermes sessions optimize-storage`

    merged to main

    files: .github/actions/detect-changes/action.yml, .github/actions/get-app-token/action.yml, .github/workflows/ci.yml, .github/workflows/contributor-check.yml, .github/workflows/deploy-site.yml, .github/workflows/e2e-desktop.yml, .github/workflows/history-check.yml, .github/workflows/js-autofix.yml, .github/workflows/label-rerun.yml, .github/workflows/lint.yml, .github/workflows/lockfile-diff.yml, .github/workflows/osv-scanner.yml, .github/workflows/review-labels.yml, .github/workflows/skills-index-freshness.yml, .github/workflows/skills-index.yml, .github/workflows/supply-chain-audit.yml, .github/workflows/upload_to_pypi.yml, .github/workflows/uv-lockfile-check.yml, .gitignore, Dockerfile (+1196 more)

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: closed without comment 1 · other 1

  • #42190 fix(state): honour HERMES_DISABLE_FTS_TRIGRAM to skip CJK index · other → e2e0a86, #22478
  • #68089 feat(state): add config.yaml flag to disable trigram FTS index · closed without comment
Closed issues · 2
  • Closed#22478state.db FTS trigram index bloat: 70% of DB size is full-text indexes
  • Closed#55233Add config flag to disable trigram FTS index (prevent state.db bloat)
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2 PRs closed without merging
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22 Jul 2026

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