# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Live replay summary boundary preservation fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where live replay incorrectly drops or merges compression summary markers relative to user turn boundaries. The work focuses on keeping summary state separate and intact during replay alternation repair.

## 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 #106551. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #106551 (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-106551`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #106352: Live replay drops persisted summary markers before alternation repair

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106551: fix(state): live replay keeps compression summary separate from the next user turn (#106352, salvage #106353)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_state_messages.py`, `tests/agent/test_pre_compress_checkpoint_contract.py`
- **#106353: fix(state): preserve summary boundaries in live replay**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `25367723019f3cc434fcd436f346a071efe6e0ac`, `#106551`, `#106352`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #106551 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-09`.