# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Incremental context usage updates during tool loops

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #77744: \[Feature\]: Update status bar context % incrementally during tool loops
- PR #78075: fix(cli): refresh context usage during tool loops
- PR #126549: feat(tui_gateway): tick session.usage at tool boundaries so the context % updates mid-turn

These items address updating the context percentage/status bar display incrementally as tool calls execute within a turn, rather than waiting until the turn completes. The work spans CLI and TUI layers.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #77744: \[Feature\]: Update status bar context % incrementally during tool loops

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#78075: fix(cli): refresh context usage during tool loops**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `#77744`
  - files: `agent/turn_usage.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_agent_setup_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_terminal_mixin.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_token_tracking.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cli_provider_resolution.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cli_status_bar.py`
- **#126549: feat(tui_gateway): tick session.usage at tool boundaries so the context % updates mid-turn**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_tool_boundary_usage_tick.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`, `tui_gateway/tool_progress.py`

## Fix status

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