# NousResearch/hermes-agent · search_files truncation flag reporting fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #86480: search_files: 'truncated' flag unreachable in content search — results beyond first page silently dropped
- PR #86790: fix(tools): report search_files truncation only when an extra hit exists

These members address a bug where the truncation indicator in search_files was unreachable or incorrectly reported, causing results beyond the first page to be silently dropped. Fixes refine when and how truncation is signaled across search and related backend tooling.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #86480: search_files: 'truncated' flag unreachable in content search — results beyond first page silently dropped

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86790: fix(tools): report search_files truncation only when an extra hit exists**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_file_operations.py`, `tools/file_operations_search.py`
- **#87606: fix(tools): search truncation flags, remote-backend host stats, registry eviction**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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