# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Stale failure-turn requests executing in later messages

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where requests from incomplete or erroring turns were persisted and later replayed into subsequent messages, causing stale or unintended mutations to execute. The work focuses on preventing \`failed\` turns from leaking into future message processing.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #108033. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #108033 (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-108033`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #107070: \[Bug\]: user turns persisted after a transient failure are replayed days later — alternation repair merges them into the next message and the model executes stale mutating requests

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108033: fix(gateway): a failed turn's request can no longer ride into the next message and execute later (#107070, salvage #107088)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `gateway/run_turn.py`, `gateway/session_transcript.py`, `hermes_state_messages.py`, `tests/gateway/test_42039_duplicate_user_message.py`, `tests/gateway/test_failure_writer_ownership.py`, `tests/gateway/test_incomplete_gateway_turns.py`
- **#107088: fix(gateway): stop stale failed requests from executing later**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `32570e9be7cb069043a5874d9fb5980e0de1e180`, `32570e9be7cb069043a5874d9fb5980e0de1e180`
- **#107108: fix(agent): age-gate stale unanswered user merges in sequence repair**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `044a77b3b6`, `044a77b3b6`, `#107070`, `#108033`, `#107088`
- **#107561: fix(gateway): make failed-turn persistence exactly-once**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#107088`, `#107070`, `#107438`, `#107088`, `#107088`, `#107108`
- **#107980: fix(gateway): a failed turn's request can no longer ride into the next message and execute later (#107070, salvage #107088)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #108033 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-12`.