# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Image payload size and 413 error handling

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern oversized image payloads in tool results being repeatedly sent to providers, and efforts to drop, age out, or bound historical image data to address HTTP 413 responses.

## 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 #97160. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #97160 (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-97160`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #89938: HTTP 413 loop: base64 images in tool results re-ship on every turn until provider rejects

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#97160: fix(compressor): compaction now actually frees historical image bytes — 413 recovery recovers (#89938, salvage #90001)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `tests/agent/test_compressor_historical_media.py`
- **#89776: fix(agent): drop vision payloads before compressing on a 413**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#97160`, `#89938`
- **#89965: fix(agent): bound historical image payloads per request**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#97160`, `#89938`, `#90001`
- **#90001: fix(compressor): age out stale tool-result images during compaction**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#97160`, `#89965`, `#89938`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #97160 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-28`.
- Subsystem: `agent`