# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hindsight retain async behavior and config fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address bugs and improvements around the hindsight_retain tool's async/sync handling, including unexpected keyword argument errors, blocking behavior, acknowledgement accuracy, and related configuration changes.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #61442: hindsight_retain tool blocks until backend finishes processing; ignores retain_async config

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#61512: fix(hindsight): pass retain_async from retain tool**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `9d799e0531c`, `4cbf862abe4`, `dc75038866a3966b5bf5c82ff57c7a758bb4070a`, `#119888`, `#22836`, `#61513`, `#61442`
- **#61513: fix(hindsight): queue async retain tool calls**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `9d799e0531c`, `4cbf862abe4`, `dc75038866a3966b5bf5c82ff57c7a758bb4070a`, `#119888`, `#22836`, `#61512`, `#61513`

## Fix status

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