# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot Chat auto-archive edge cases and recovery

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs where auto-archiving incorrectly affects the canonical Bot Chat session or leaves archived bot sessions in unrecoverable states. The focus is on preserving recoverability and correct state for bot-related sessions under archiving logic.

## 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 #113369. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113369 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #108630: \[Bug\] Auto-archive leaves the canonical "Bot Chat" with no recoverable end_reason — permanent title deadlock not covered by #92687 / #92473

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113369: fix(bot-mode): archived Bot Chats and other hidden sessions stay recoverable from the archived view (#90946, salvage #90955)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/archived-hidden-session-recoverable.spec.ts`, `hermes_state_sessions.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_session_archiving.py`
- **#108634: fix(state): spare canonical Bot Chat from stale auto-archive**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `0e746b213b4a`, `#113369`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113369 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.