# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Memory action defaulting and error handling fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #81542: fix(memory): fix 'Unknown action None' schema/dispatch bug and auto-eviction thrashing at 4,000 char cap

These members address a bug where omitting the action field in memory operations caused unknown/None action errors, adding logic to default to 'add' when content is supplied and improving error messaging otherwise. A related auto-eviction thrashing issue near a character cap is also mentioned.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #81542: fix(memory): fix 'Unknown action None' schema/dispatch bug and auto-eviction thrashing at 4,000 char cap

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81553: fix(memory): default action to "add" when omitted with content, give actionable error otherwise**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#72067`
- **#81603: fix(memory): default missing action to add when content is supplied (#81542)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#72067`

## Fix status

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