# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Reasoning-only content leaking into assistant history/display

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #114463: fix(desktop): drop reasoning-only assistant rows from the hydrated transcript (#111761)

A bug where reasoning-only model outputs were incorrectly promoted into assistant message content, polluting conversation history and transcripts. Multiple fixes address gating promotion, preventing persistence, dropping such rows from transcripts, and preserving reasoning provenance.

## TL;DR

- 8 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 4 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #133729. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #133729 (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-115596`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.25`: 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

- #111761: \[Bug\]: reasoning is promoted into assistant content on reasoning-only clean stop — pollutes history, not just display

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113188: fix(agent): reasoning promoted on a reasoning-only stop is never persisted as an ordinary reply (#111761)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/turn_final_response.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `tests/agent/test_empty_terminal_reasoning_surface.py`, `tests/agent/test_reasoning_only_stop_persistence.py`, `tests/gateway/test_replay_entry_fields.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/session-storage.md`
- **#113796: fix(agent): reasoning-only stop keeps chain-of-thought out of rows and no longer fakes a completion on a planning-monologue stall (closes remaining atoms of #111761)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/turn_final_response.py`, `tests/agent/test_reasoning_only_stop_persistence.py`, `tests/agent/test_stall_guards.py`, `tests/agent/test_thinking_prefill_trailing_turn.py`
- **#115596: fix(desktop): /reasoning hide|show hides Thinking blocks immediately (closes remaining atom of #111761)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/slash.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-slash-commands.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-slash-registry.json`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/reasoning-slash.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/reasoning-slash.ts`, `hermes_cli/commands.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`
- **#133729: fix(agent): a reasoning model's private chain-of-thought is no longer shown as the reply when it stops with empty content (#114082, salvage #112833)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/reasoning_promotion.py`, `agent/turn_empty_response.py`, `agent/turn_failure_copy.py`, `agent/turn_final_response.py`, `tests/agent/test_empty_terminal_reasoning_surface.py`, `tests/agent/test_reasoning_only_stop_persistence.py`, `tests/agent/test_run_agent.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuring-models.md`
- **#111780: fix(agent): preserve reasoning provenance before promotion**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#113188`, `#113796`, `#115596`
- **#112833: fix(agent): gate reasoning-only answer promotion**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `3ffd44e4d3`, `#133729`
- **#114463: fix(desktop): drop reasoning-only assistant rows from the hydrated transcript (#111761)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages.codex-sidecar-hydration.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages.mid-reply-loss.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/hydration.ts`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #133729 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-06`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`