Incident agent with persistent memory still scored 0/5 on root-cause in held-out eval
GeethaSriVaraLakshmi · reddit · 2026-09-28
- The builder behind ResolveIQ connected their incident-response agent to Hindsight so it can recall past incidents, use them as evidence, and retain experience.
- In a small held-out evaluation across five incidents, root-cause matches were 0/5 without memory — and still 0/5 with Hindsight memory enabled.
- The key insight: retrieving a relevant memory and correctly reasoning from that memory are two different problems; more context alone doesn't improve diagnosis.
- The post covers the architecture, Hindsight integration, evaluation setup, and planned changes, asking for feedback on how to evaluate whether memory actually helps agents.
Related event: Persistent Memory Fails to Improve Incident Response Agent in Tests(2 posts)→
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