# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix greeting messages locking session titles

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where bare or provisional greeting messages incorrectly lock the session title, preventing it from updating on subsequent turns. Related sidebar pagination and auto load-more behavior is also touched.

## 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 #114840. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114840 (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-114840`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #113864: \[Bug\]: Bare greetings lock session title to 'Friendly greeting', preventing upgrade on subsequent turns

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114840: fix(agent): a greeting opener no longer locks the session title (#113864, salvage #113876)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/title_generator.py`, `tests/agent/test_title_generator.py`
- **#113876: fix(agent): upgrade provisional greeting titles**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `96b6c534c3fc`, `#114840`, `#113864`, `#113876`
- **#113880: fix: sidebar pinned-pagination false negative + greeting title upgrade + auto load-more**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `96b6c534c3fc`, `#114840`, `#113864`, `#113876`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114840 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.