# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop group chat message truncation handling

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where desktop group chat messages are truncated around 1.1KB before reaching the agent, along with fixes to surface how many earlier messages were omitted and to mark truncated sync payloads.

## 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 #114968. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114968 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #97373: Desktop group chat truncates messages at ~1.1KB before they reach the agent

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114968: fix(desktop): group chat members and the room mirror say how many earlier messages were omitted (#114341, salvage #114352, #97468)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-chat.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-chat.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-round-members.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-round-prompt.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-rounds.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/types.ts`
- **#97468: fix(desktop): mark truncated group-chat sync payloads**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `d99226015dcc`, `#114968`, `#114341`, `#114352`, `#97468`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114968 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.