# NousResearch/hermes-agent · configurable snapshot threshold via config file

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items all concern adding support for configuring the snapshot threshold through a configuration file. The theme is consistent across all three members.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #94401. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #94401 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #4585: feat(browser): make snapshot threshold configurable

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#94401: Browser snapshots stop paying for LLM summaries — truncate-and-store like web_extract, aux slot retired**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `agent/tool_executor.py`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/model-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `cli.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_config_bridge.py`, `tests/tools/test_browser_content_none_guard.py`, `tests/tools/test_browser_hardening.py`, `tests/tools/test_browser_secret_exfil.py`, `tools/browser_camofox.py` (+12 more)
- **#94453: Browser snapshot budget becomes a config knob — browser.snapshot_threshold (salvage #5218)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/tools/test_browser_snapshot_threshold.py`, `tools/browser_camofox.py`, `tools/browser_tool.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/browser.md`
- **#4586: feat(browser): make snapshot threshold configurable**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#5218: feat(browser): make snapshot threshold configurable via config.yaml**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `6ce7ab8bfb3fce3ba116f52a11a438d6c7e4c03d`, `#94453`, `#4586`, `#94401`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #94401 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-25`.
- Subsystem: `agent`