# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI agent api_content sidecar persistence fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple fixes and a bug report addressing the CLI path failing to persist api_content sidecar data, which caused injected decorations and prompt cache to be lost at turn boundaries. The work involves backfilling, row-addressed persistence, and handling pre-flushed user context.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 5 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #105842. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #105842 (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-105842`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.29`: 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

- #102194: \[Bug\]: CLI path never persists api_content sidecar → injected <memory-context>/tool-result decorations dropped at turn boundary → first API call of every new turn misses prompt cache

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#105842: CLI keeps the api_content sidecar when a turn was persisted early — prompt cache survives (#102194, salvage #102411)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/session_persistence.py`, `agent/turn_context.py`, `hermes_state_messages.py`, `tests/agent/test_api_content_row_addressed_backfill.py`
- **#102239: fix(agent): persist api_content sidecar on the normal CLI path**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#102411`, `#102411`, `#102411`, `#102411`, `#102411`
- **#102255: fix(agent): backfill stamped api_content for pre-persisted CLI rows**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#102239`
- **#102411: fix(agent): row-addressed api_content backfill for pre-persisted user turns (#102194)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `db9ad7019b`, `#105842`
- **#103565: fix(agent): persist pre-flushed user context by exact row identity**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#105842`, `#102411`, `#105842`
- **#103721: fix(agent): row-addressed api_content backfill for pre-persisted user turns (#102194)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#103565`, `#102411`, `#102194`, `#102411`, `#103565`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #105842 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-09`.