# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Oversized browser results causing SSE stalls fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where browser tool results containing large payloads (such as screenshots) caused repeated zero-SSE stalls or retry failures in Codex requests. The work involves preventing oversized results from remaining inline in subsequent requests.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #115794. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115794 (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-115794`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #95429: \[Bug\]: oversized browser tool result leads to repeated zero-SSE stalls on multi-megabyte Codex requests

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115794: fix(tools): oversized screenshot-carrying browser results no longer stay inline in later requests (#95429, salvage #95458)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/codex_runtime.py`, `agent/tool_executor.py`, `tests/agent/test_codex_request_transport_diagnostics.py`, `tests/agent/test_multimodal_tool_result_spill.py`
- **#95458: fix(agent): stop oversized browser results from stalling Codex retries**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `ea51325186fe`, `#115794`, `#95429`, `#95458`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115794 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.