# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot Mode hidden session history compression fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where hidden room member sessions in Bot Mode had no way to compress their histories, causing bloat and eventual empty responses. The work introduces a user-accessible path to compress those hidden histories.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #117015. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117015 (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-117015`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #102291: \[Bug\]: Bot Mode room member sessions have no user path to compression — hidden plumbing sessions bloat until the member fails with empty responses

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117015: fix(desktop): Bot Mode group settings can compress a member's hidden room history (#102291, salvage #102333)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-chat-view.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-compress.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-compress.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/i18n.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/routing.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/index.ts`, `website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md`
- **#102333: fix(bot-mode): let users compress hidden room member histories**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#117015`, `#102333`, `#102291`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117015 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.