# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Profile deletion leaves stale routing/session identity

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where deleting a profile does not clean up its associated session, routing, heartbeat, and delivery identity state. Multiple fix attempts address this cleanup on the delete side.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113311. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113311 (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-113311`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #112727: \[Bug\]: deleting a profile leaves stale profile-keyed identity (routing / heartbeats / delivery obligations) — delete-side sibling of #111926

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113311: fix(profiles): deleting a profile purges its session/routing identity (#112727, salvage #112728)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/control_socket.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/run_profile_reconcile.py`, `gateway/session.py`, `hermes_cli/profile_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/profile_identity.py`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/profile.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/profiles.py`, `hermes_state_gateway.py`, `tests/gateway/test_profile_identity_purge.py`, `tests/gateway/test_purge_profile_routing.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_identity_purge_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_profile_delete_settlement.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_purge_profile_state.py`, `website/docs/reference/profile-commands.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/profiles.md`
- **#112728: fix(profiles): purge a deleted profile's session/routing identity (delete side of #111926)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `ba8b458c5b`, `#113311`
- **#113108: fix(profiles): deleting a profile purges its routing / heartbeat / delivery identity (#112727, supersedes #112728)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `a41552fad47a`, `ba8b458c5bc4`, `#112727`, `#112728`, `#113311`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113311 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.