# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Preserve /steer marker during turn-budget enforcement

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #31524: \[Bug\]: The steer infromation injected in tool result may be truncated.

These issues and PRs address a bug where the /steer marker injected into tool results may be lost or truncated when the turn-budget enforcement logic replaces those results. Multiple fix attempts target the same underlying problem.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #75853. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #75853 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #31524: \[Bug\]: The steer infromation injected in tool result may be truncated.

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#31545: fix(agent): preserve /steer marker when enforce_turn_budget replaces tool result**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#68476`
- **#75853: fix(agent): preserve /steer through turn-budget enforcement**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/tool_executor.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_tool_batch_segmentation.py`
- **#66401: fix(agent): preserve /steer through turn-budget enforcement**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#75853`
- **#68476: fix(tools): preserve /steer marker when enforce_turn_budget replaces a tool result**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#66401`, `#31524`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #75853 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-01`.
- Subsystem: `agent`