# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Busy steer lost or replayed during compression

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where compression or compaction can drop an active steer and cause a historical user request to be replayed incorrectly. Multiple fix attempts and related reports are grouped here.

## 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 #101188. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #101188 (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-101188`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #100053: \[Bug\]: compression can drop a busy steer and reactivate a historical user request

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101188: fix(compression): busy steer survives compaction and never replays a consumed request (#100053, salvage #100114)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/conversation_compression.py`, `tests/agent/test_compression_busy_steer_anchor.py`
- **#100070: fix(compression): stop busy steer from replaying an old request**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#100114: fix(agent): preserve busy steer during compression and avoid replaying historical user request**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `bc71b8bc95`, `#101188`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #101188 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.