# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Reply-to snippet truncation visibility fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #84920: \[Bug\]: Reply-to snippet truncation is silent — agents can't distinguish a cut quote from a short original
- PR #84922: fix(gateway): mark truncated reply-to snippet with "... \[N more chars\]" suffix

A bug was reported that truncated reply-to snippets were indistinguishable from short originals, with two related fixes to explicitly mark truncated snippets with a visible suffix.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #84920: \[Bug\]: Reply-to snippet truncation is silent — agents can't distinguish a cut quote from a short original

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#84922: fix(gateway): mark truncated reply-to snippet with "... \[N more chars\]" suffix**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#85082`, `#84920`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_reply_to_injection.py`
- **#85082: fix(gateway): mark reply-to snippet truncation explicitly**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#84922`, `#84920`

## Fix status

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