# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Synchronous recall options for memory providers

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs add opt-in synchronous recall for the current turn across multiple memory providers (Honcho, Hindsight, OpenViking), along with related memory provider improvements such as setup templates, memory indicators, and cache handling.

## 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 #85494. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #85494 (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-85494`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #5820: feat(memory): Allow synchronous recall for current turn as option for honcho and hindsight

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#85494: feat(hindsight): memory provider improvements — recall_sync, retain_source, setup templates, memory indicators, error hints**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/memory_manager.py`, `agent/memory_provider.py`, `agent/turn_context.py`, `hermes_cli/memory_setup.py`, `plugins/memory/hindsight/README.md`, `plugins/memory/hindsight/__init__.py`, `plugins/memory/hindsight/templates.py`, `tests/agent/test_memory_provider_unavailable_warning.py`, `tests/agent/test_memory_recall_indicator.py`, `tests/agent/test_turn_context.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_memory_status_env_hint.py`, `tests/plugins/memory/test_hindsight_local_runtime_hint.py`, `tests/plugins/memory/test_hindsight_provider.py`, `tests/plugins/memory/test_hindsight_templates.py`
- **#5838: feat(memory): add sync_recall option for current-turn relevance**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#8474`
- **#70278: feat(hindsight): opt-in synchronous recall for the current turn (#5820)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#74379`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #85494 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-13`.
- Subsystem: `agent`