# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Memory provider context-skip logic broken by hardcoded value

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where agent_context is hardcoded to 'primary' causes provider context-skip logic for cron, flush, and subagent scenarios to be dead code. Multiple fixes attempt to derive agent_context from the platform so scoping behaves correctly across execution contexts.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #115301. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115301 (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-115301`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #80646: \`agent_context\` is hardcoded to "primary" — provider context-skip logic (cron/flush/subagent) is dead code

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115301: fix(memory): cron and subagent sessions no longer initialize providers as "primary" (#80646, salvage #80691)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/agent/test_memory_agent_context.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/memory-provider-plugin.md`
- **#80691: fix: derive agent_context from platform for memory provider context-skip (#80646)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `6f305f3dc1`, `#115301`, `#80646`
- **#107045: fix(agent): derive agent_context from platform so provider skip logic is live (#80646)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `6f305f3dc1`, `e105d4589d`, `#115301`, `#80691`
- **#112100: fix(memory): scope providers by execution context**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `17489a772c9383e4120c2b2d350a3d07a22c72d9`, `d84ece48b8552501660be229797e2d2aa4cee8db`, `15650b7636d8ef35dbea1874f5a61ff5b8f1abc9`, `#105171`, `#105171`, `#67045`, `#85909`, `#67045`, `#93713`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115301 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.
- Subsystem: `agent`