# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Reactions on compacted messages not delivered or failing

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address issues where reactions applied to messages that have been compacted or archived are either silently dropped or cause errors when processed. The work involves ensuring unseen reactions from compacted visible history are correctly delivered.

## 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 #115321. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115321 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #108541: Reactions saved on compaction-archived visible messages are never announced on the next turn

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115321: Desktop: reacting to a pre-compaction message no longer fails with 4040 (#80670, salvage #95833 + #108542)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/store/reactions.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_state_messages.py`, `tests/agent/test_message_reactions.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_compacted_message_reactions.py`
- **#108542: fix(state): deliver unseen reactions from visible compacted history**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#115321`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115321 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.