# NousResearch/hermes-agent · context_window config alias not recognized as context_length

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #8015: Bug: context_window key in config.yaml silently ignored, falls back to 128K default
- PR #106941: fix(config): accept model.context_window as alias for context_length

These issues and PRs concern a bug where 'context_window' used as a config key is silently ignored instead of being treated as an alias for 'context_length', along with related guard logic for context size reporting.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #8015: Bug: context_window key in config.yaml silently ignored, falls back to 128K default

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#28634: fix(context-length): context_window alias, config override bypasses 64K guard, extend 32K underreport guard to MiniMax**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#24140`, `#24268`, `#11096`, `#8015`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#106941: fix(config): accept model.context_window as alias for context_length**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#8010`, `#15587`, `#71938`, `#8015`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/run_inbound.py`, `gateway/run_turn.py`, `tests/gateway/test_context_window_alias.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_invalid_context_length_warning.py`

## Fix status

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