# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix misleading storage size reporting in optimize-storage

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the optimize-storage command incorrectly reports negative or misleading 'reclaimed' space when the database size increases instead of decreasing. Fixes adjust the output to accurately reflect size changes in both directions.

## 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 #71200. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #71200 (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-71200`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #70146: hermes sessions optimize-storage reports negative "reclaimed" size

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#71200: fix(sessions): report truthful reclaimed space after optimize (#70146)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_state.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_sessions_size_delta_label.py`, `tests/test_hermes_state.py`
- **#70175: fix(cli): show 'grew by' when optimize-storage DB size increases (#70146)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `58b2a8c192`, `#71200`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #71200 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-25`.