# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Adding tool to set temporal occurrence fields on memories

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where hindsight/temporal memories store null occurred_start and occurred_end fields, and the addition of a hindsight_update_memory tool to allow setting those fields after the fact.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #119888. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #119888 (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-93685`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #93568: \[Bug\]: hindsight_retain plugin can never set occurred_start/occurred_end (temporal memories land with null occurrence fields, no tool to fix them)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93685: fix(hindsight): temporal memories carry event time instead of null occurred fields (#93568, salvage #82928)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `plugins/memory/hindsight/__init__.py`, `tests/plugins/memory/test_hindsight_provider.py`
- **#119888: hindsight moves to the plugin catalog (auto-migrated on first start / hermes update)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `.github/workflows/tests-os.yml`, `.github/workflows/tests.yml`, `COMPAT_MANIFEST.md`, `CONTRIBUTING.es.md`, `CONTRIBUTING.md`, `Dockerfile`, `compat_manifest.json`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/memory_setup.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/memory.py`, `hermes_cli/tips.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_memory.py`, `nix/checks.nix`, `nix/hermes-agent.nix`, `nix/moduleCommon.nix`, `nix/packages.nix`, `plugins/AGENTS.md`, `plugins/memory/__init__.py`, `plugins/memory/hindsight/README.md` (+30 more)
- **#93574: fix(hindsight): add hindsight_update_memory tool for occurred_start/occurred_end (fixes #93568)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `9d799e0531c`, `4cbf862abe4`, `dc75038866a3966b5bf5c82ff57c7a758bb4070a`, `32fb12a2353`, `#119888`, `#93568`, `#93685`
- **#93578: feat(memory): add hindsight_update_memory tool to set occurred_* on stored facts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#93685`, `#93568`, `#93574`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #119888 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.