# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix web_extract URL-to-result positional matching bug

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A bug caused web_extract to associate provider results with requested URLs by position rather than by URL, meaning reordering or partial failures could poison the cache with mismatched content. These changes fix the matching logic to use URL identity instead of positional order.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #112245. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112245 (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-112245`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #97378: \[Bug\]: web_extract associates provider results with requested URLs by position — reorder/failure poisons the extract cache

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112245: fix(web): web_extract caches each page under its own requested URL, never by batch position (#111803, #97378, salvage #111806)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `plugins/web/tavily/provider.py`, `tests/tools/test_web_tools_tavily.py`, `tools/web_tools_extract.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/web-search.md`
- **#96859: fix(web): match extract results to requested URLs instead of by position**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `793529467d`, `#112245`
- **#97430: fix(web_extract): match provider results to URLs by URL instead of position**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `793529467d`, `#112245`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112245 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.