# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Strip internal persistence marker from outbound API calls

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #104387: fix(agent): strip persistence marker before provider calls

These issues and PRs address a bug where an internal \`_db_persisted\` metadata marker was being included in messages sent to external providers during resumed sessions. The work involves stripping this private marker before any outbound provider or API calls.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #104944. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104944 (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-104944`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #104359: Resumed sessions send the internal _db_persisted marker to the provider

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104944: fix: resumed MoA requests no longer leak private metadata**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `agent/auxiliary_wire.py`, `evals/provider_wire/issue_104359.py`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_wire_messages.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_run_agent.py`
- **#104387: fix(agent): strip persistence marker before provider calls**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `693641aa8b`, `#104359`, `#87840`, `#92231`, `#104454`
  - files: `agent/turn_context.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_moa_loop_mode.py`
- **#104657: fix(agent): strip _db_persisted marker from outbound API messages (#104359)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#104387`, `#104359`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104944 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.
- Subsystem: `agent`