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Prevent session switching during active agent turns

Cluster 112137 · agent. Data as of

2 open items. Fix merged in #113210 on 17 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #113210. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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0 issues and 2 PRs.

These issues and fixes address a race condition where using /branch (and related session commands) mid-turn causes in-flight messages or writes to flush onto the wrong session. The work focuses on refusing or guarding session switches while a turn is still running.

Open issues0

No open issues.

Open PRs2

  • PR#112138fix(cli): refuse /branch mid-turn — an in-flight run flushes onto the branch
  • PR#112531fix(session): keep in-flight turn writes on the parent across /branch

Fixes on record

Merged to main. A stamp counts the issues a fix is linked to.

  • #113210 fix(cli): /branch, /resume and /sessions <id> refuse to switch sessions mid-turn (#112137, salvage #112138, #112930)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/cli_commands_mixin.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_branch_command.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_session_switch_mid_turn_guard.py, website/docs/reference/slash-commands.md

Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#112137/branch mid-turn races the in-flight agent run: remaining messages flush onto the branched session
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  • Pairwise link density 0.50: the share of item 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.

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Merged PRs
#113210
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17 Sep 2026

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