# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Output cap and retry logic fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #99897: Output-cap retry clamp is computed but not applied to the retried request (spins until max compression attempts)
- PR #99928: fix: consume ephemeral output cap after successful request, not before
- PR #120031: fix(agent): one-shot request overrides survive a retry of the same call

These items address bugs in how output caps and one-shot overrides are handled during request retries, including a cap being consumed at the wrong time and a computed retry clamp not being applied to the retried request.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #99897: Output-cap retry clamp is computed but not applied to the retried request (spins until max compression attempts)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99928: fix: consume ephemeral output cap after successful request, not before**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `ee94cd59fb`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `tests/test_ctx_halving_fix.py`
- **#120031: fix(agent): one-shot request overrides survive a retry of the same call**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `agent/turn_response_check.py`, `tests/agent/test_ctx_halving_fix.py`, `tests/agent/test_length_continuation_thinking_exhaustion.py`, `tests/agent/test_oneshot_override_retry.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`