# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MoA aggregator ignoring custom provider context length

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where MoA mode fails to forward custom provider context length configuration to the aggregator, causing it to fall back to a 256K default. Multiple fix attempts address how context metadata is passed through the aggregator resolution path.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #70162. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #70162 (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-70162`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #56749: MoA mode: get_model_context_length() does not forward config_context_length/custom_providers to aggregator, forcing 256k default

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#70162: fix(moa): thread custom-provider context metadata into aggregator context-length resolution (salvage #67071)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/model_metadata.py`, `tests/agent/test_model_metadata.py`
- **#56758: fix(agent): pass MoA context overrides to aggregator**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#67071: fix(moa): preserve custom provider context metadata**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `78312c192d00`, `#70162`, `#56749`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #70162 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-23`.
- Subsystem: `agent`