# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Session JSON snapshot staleness after compaction

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where opt-in JSON session snapshots become stale following in-place compaction, along with related fixes to stop automatic snapshotting and refresh snapshots after compaction.

## 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 #104884. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104884 (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-104884`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #104563: \[Bug\] Opt-in JSON session snapshots stay stale after in-place compaction

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104884: fix: stop automatic session JSON snapshots (#104563)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `CONTRIBUTING.es.md`, `CONTRIBUTING.md`, `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/background_review.py`, `agent/session_persistence.py`, `evals/session_snapshot_removal.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/agent/test_session_snapshot_removal.py`, `tests/agent/test_verification_stop_caching.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_interrupt_ack_race.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_shutdown_memory_messages.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_run_agent.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_verification_continuation_budget.py`, `tests/tools/test_delegate_cron_sync_fallback.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_finalize_session_persist.py`
- **#104564: fix(session): refresh opt-in JSON snapshots after in-place compaction**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#104884`, `#104563`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104884 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.