# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix fallback provider context_length field being ignored

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #70245: \[Bug\]: fallback_providers entry's context_length field is silently discarded on fallback activation — always resolves to the static per-model table (or 128K default) instead
- PR #70256: fix(agent): forward fallback entry context_length override on activation
- PR #70299: fix(fallback): honor fallback_providers entry's context_length field on activation (#70245)

A bug where the context_length field in fallback_providers entries was silently discarded and replaced with a static default. Two related fixes address forwarding and honoring this override on fallback activation.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #70245: \[Bug\]: fallback_providers entry's context_length field is silently discarded on fallback activation — always resolves to the static per-model table (or 128K default) instead

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#70256: fix(agent): forward fallback entry context_length override on activation**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `tests/agent/test_fallback_entry_context_length.py`
- **#70299: fix(fallback): honor fallback_providers entry's context_length field on activation (#70245)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#70256`, `#70301`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `tests/cron/test_scheduler.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_provider_fallback.py`

## Fix status

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