hermes-agent/website
Teknium ea01bdcebe
refactor(memory): remove flush_memories entirely (#15696)
The AIAgent.flush_memories pre-compression save, the gateway
_flush_memories_for_session, and everything feeding them are
obsolete now that the background memory/skill review handles
persistent memory extraction.

Problems with flush_memories:

- Pre-dates the background review loop.  It was the only memory-save
  path when introduced; the background review now fires every 10 user
  turns on CLI and gateway alike, which is far more frequent than
  compression or session reset ever triggered flush.
- Blocking and synchronous.  Pre-compression flush ran on the live agent
  before compression, blocking the user-visible response.
- Cache-breaking.  Flush built a temporary conversation prefix
  (system prompt + memory-only tool list) that diverged from the live
  conversation's cached prefix, invalidating prompt caching.  The
  gateway variant spawned a fresh AIAgent with its own clean prompt
  for each finalized session — still cache-breaking, just in a
  different process.
- Redundant.  Background review runs in the live conversation's
  session context, gets the same content, writes to the same memory
  store, and doesn't break the cache.  Everything flush_memories
  claimed to preserve is already covered.

What this removes:

- AIAgent.flush_memories() method (~248 LOC in run_agent.py)
- Pre-compression flush call in _compress_context
- flush_memories call sites in cli.py (/new + exit)
- GatewayRunner._flush_memories_for_session + _async_flush_memories
  (and the 3 call sites: session expiry watcher, /new, /resume)
- 'flush_memories' entry from DEFAULT_CONFIG auxiliary tasks,
  hermes tools UI task list, auxiliary_client docstrings
- _memory_flush_min_turns config + init
- #15631's headroom-deduction math in
  _check_compression_model_feasibility (headroom was only needed
  because flush dragged the full main-agent system prompt along;
  the compression summariser sends a single user-role prompt so
  new_threshold = aux_context is safe again)
- The dedicated test files and assertions that exercised
  flush-specific paths

What this renames (with read-time backcompat on sessions.json):

- SessionEntry.memory_flushed -> SessionEntry.expiry_finalized.
  The session-expiry watcher still uses the flag to avoid re-running
  finalize/eviction on the same expired session; the new name
  reflects what it now actually gates.  from_dict() reads
  'expiry_finalized' first, falls back to the legacy 'memory_flushed'
  key so existing sessions.json files upgrade seamlessly.

Supersedes #15631 and #15638.

Tested: 383 targeted tests pass across run_agent/, agent/, cli/,
and gateway/ session-boundary suites.  No behavior regressions —
background memory review continues to handle persistent memory
extraction on both CLI and gateway.
2026-04-25 08:21:14 -07:00
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docs refactor(memory): remove flush_memories entirely (#15696) 2026-04-25 08:21:14 -07:00
scripts chore: fix lint 2026-04-24 12:32:10 -04:00
src fix: light mode link/primary colors unreadable on white background (#10457) 2026-04-15 11:17:44 -07:00
static docs: stabilize website diagrams 2026-03-14 22:49:57 -07:00
.gitignore chore: gitignore generated skills.json 2026-04-02 10:48:15 -07:00
docusaurus.config.ts docs(site): disable highlightSearchTermsOnTargetPage to keep URLs clean (#12661) 2026-04-19 11:56:34 -07:00
package-lock.json docs: stabilize website diagrams 2026-03-14 22:49:57 -07:00
package.json fix(website): run skill extraction automatically on npm run build/start (#13747) 2026-04-21 18:02:04 -07:00
README.md docs: replace ASCII diagrams with Mermaid/lists, add linting note 2026-03-21 17:58:30 -07:00
sidebars.ts docs: consolidate dashboard themes and plugins into Extending the Dashboard (#15530) 2026-04-24 23:26:51 -07:00
tsconfig.json feat: add documentation website (Docusaurus) 2026-03-05 05:24:55 -08:00

Website

This website is built using Docusaurus, a modern static website generator.

Installation

yarn

Local Development

yarn start

This command starts a local development server and opens up a browser window. Most changes are reflected live without having to restart the server.

Build

yarn build

This command generates static content into the build directory and can be served using any static contents hosting service.

Deployment

Using SSH:

USE_SSH=true yarn deploy

Not using SSH:

GIT_USER=<Your GitHub username> yarn deploy

If you are using GitHub pages for hosting, this command is a convenient way to build the website and push to the gh-pages branch.

Diagram Linting

CI runs ascii-guard to lint docs for ASCII box diagrams. Use Mermaid (````mermaid`) or plain lists/tables instead of ASCII boxes to avoid CI failures.