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Bot Chat title lock bug on archiving sessions

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 110871

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #111351. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and fixes address a bug where archiving a Bot Mode chat session permanently locks its title, preventing replacement or successor sessions from claiming it. The work covers title release logic and recovery of archived sessions.

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  • #111351 fix(state): archiving a Bot Chat no longer locks its title; the replacement becomes canonical (#110871, salvage #110875)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_state_maintenance.py, hermes_state_titles.py, tests/hermes_state/test_canonical_title_guard.py, website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md

  • #113369 fix(bot-mode): archived Bot Chats and other hidden sessions stay recoverable from the archived view (#90946, salvage #90955)

    merged to main

    files: apps/desktop/e2e/archived-hidden-session-recoverable.spec.ts, hermes_state_sessions.py, tests/hermes_state/test_session_archiving.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1 · duplicate 1

  • #110875 fix: release archived Bot Chat title for replacement sessions · duplicate → #110876, #110871
  • #110876 fix(state): archived rows release titles to live claimants · done elsewhere → 0e746b2, #113369
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#110871Archiving a Bot Mode chat locks its 'Bot Chat' title forever
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2 PRs closed without merging
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16 Sep 2026

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