# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Branch creation failure leaves original session open

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where the /branch command or API fork could incorrectly end the original session even when creating the new branch session fails. The fix ensures the original session remains open until the branch session is successfully established.

## 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 #109120. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #109120 (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-109120`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #11030: \[Bug\]: /branch can end the original session even when creating the branch session fails

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109120: fix(sessions): /branch and API fork keep the original session open when creating the branch fails (#11030, salvage #11048)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_commands_mixin.py`, `tests/cli/test_branch_command.py`, `tests/gateway/test_session_api.py`
- **#11048: fix #11030: create branch session before ending original session**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `ac54e5e715a2c85d8e35964d811a96bf2ff29c63`, `#109120`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #109120 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-12`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`