# NousResearch/hermes-agent · context_used falling back to cumulative session_total_tokens in tui_gateway

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members appear to concern the session.usage.context_used value in tui_gateway, which can fall back to cumulative session_total_tokens for external context engines. Two of the three are titled as fixes to avoid showing the cumulative total as context_used; the titles alone do not show whether any change was merged or has taken effect.

## 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 #56146. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #56146 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-56146`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #50421: session.usage.context_used can fall back to cumulative session_total_tokens for external context engines

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#50518: fix(tui_gateway): don't fall back context_used to cumulative session_total_tokens**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `83b7c52ece76b73ee878e9336722572e7d273cab`, `b6d8fc41c8d186116531df6cf9bd1cc25ce4e602`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#56146: fix(tui_gateway): don't show cumulative session total as context_used (#50421)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/context_engine.py`, `cli.py`, `gateway/slash_commands.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_engine.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_percentage_clamp.py`, `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #56146 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-01`.
- Subsystem: `dashboard`