# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Memory batch abort sends back full store contents

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where aborting a consolidation batch causes the entire memory store to be echoed back, making retry attempts expand the context rather than reduce it. The fix involves omitting current_entries when a batch is aborted.

## 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 #117106. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117106 (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-117106`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #97316: memory: batch abort echoes the entire store back, so consolidation retries grow the context they were meant to shrink

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117106: memory: a failed consolidation batch no longer echoes the whole store back (#97316, salvage #97467)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_memory_tool.py`, `tools/memory_tool_store.py`
- **#97467: fix(memory): omit current_entries on batch abort**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `6882320d59`, `#117106`, `#97316`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117106 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.