# Hermes Memory minimal reproduction

Do not include secrets, customer data, private logs, or full Memory contents.

## Symptom

- Exact original request:
- Expected behavior:
- Actual behavior:
- First failure / last known success:
- Entry point: CLI / Gateway / Cron / API:
- Canonical profile ID:
- Actual HERMES_HOME:
- Memory provider:
- Session ID:

## Harmless canary

- Save request: `Please request saving to agent memory: diagnostic canary is MEMORY-FAULT-741.`
- Tool outcome: accepted / staged / duplicate / capacity / disabled / safety rejection
- Pending approval ID:
- Target: memory / user
- Target-file path:
- Canary count:
- Current character usage:

## New-session check

- New session ID:
- Exact query: `Only answer the diagnostic canary value in long-term memory; otherwise answer UNKNOWN.`
- Actual answer:
- Active project context file:
- Provider scope:

## Root cause and regression

- First failed layer D01–D12:
- Change applied:
- New-session retest:
- Original-entry-point retest:
- Removed temporary canary:
- Final reviewer and date: