NousResearch/hermes-agent

FTS write contention from large tool results

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #101720 on 2 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and fixes address database write-lock contention and stall conditions caused by full-text search indexing of large tool results in session storage. The work focuses on bounding or limiting FTS indexing to reduce write amplification and unblock concurrent writers.

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  • #101720 fix(state): bound FTS indexing for large tool results (salvage #93834)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_state_common.py, hermes_state_schema.py, hermes_state_search.py, tests/test_fts_tool_write_bounds.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #93834 fix(sessions): prevent large tool results from stalling concurrent writers · merged via another change → 57162d0, #101720, #101266
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#93799SessionDB write-lock contention stalls concurrent Hermes processes (frequent WAL checkpoints + FTS trigger write amplification)
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2 Sep 2026

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