# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Auto-prune immortal recovered session placeholder rows

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Recovered session placeholders with source='recovered' were never closed or pruned, accumulating indefinitely. These items address automatic pruning and closing of those rows.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114900. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114900 (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-114900`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114730: sessions recover placeholders (source='recovered') are never closed nor pruned — immortal rows

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114900: fix(state): auto-prune closes and deletes \`sessions recover\` placeholders instead of keeping them forever (#114730, salvage #114737)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_state.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_sweep_orphaned_sessions.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/sessions.md`
- **#114737: fix(state): auto-prune recovered session placeholders**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `a8349881652e`, `#114900`, `#114730`, `#114737`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114900 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.