# NousResearch/hermes-agent · File registry eviction and unbounded growth fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address unbounded growth in the per-task/per-path file registry in long-lived gateways, adding eviction logic and related fixes for search truncation flags and remote-backend host stats.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #101702. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #101702 (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-101702`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #86514: file tools: per-task/per-path registry top-level keys never evicted (unbounded growth in long-lived gateway)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101702: fix(tools): release per-task file registry state on task teardown (salvage #87029)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_file_state_registry.py`, `tools/file_state.py`, `tools/file_tools.py`
- **#87029: fix(tools): release per-task file registry state (#86514)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `6fdd93ab45`, `#101702`
- **#87606: fix(tools): search truncation flags, remote-backend host stats, registry eviction**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #101702 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.
- Subsystem: `agent`