# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Host filesystem stat used for remote backend file tools

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #56380: read_file dedup & staleness tracking stat the host filesystem, not the terminal environment
- PR #56383: fix(tools): don't apply host-mtime dedup/staleness on remote backends

The members concern file tools (read_file dedup/staleness tracking) that check modification times on the host filesystem rather than the terminal or remote environment, with proposed changes to skip this on remote backends. One member also bundles search truncation flags and registry eviction, which are adjacent topics not clearly covered by the others.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #56380: read_file dedup & staleness tracking stat the host filesystem, not the terminal environment

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#56383: fix(tools): don't apply host-mtime dedup/staleness on remote backends**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_file_tools.py`, `tools/file_state.py`, `tools/file_tools.py`
- **#87606: fix(tools): search truncation flags, remote-backend host stats, registry eviction**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`