# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Delegate children incorrectly inheriting parent routing columns

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where delegate or branch child sessions were incorrectly copying compressed parent routing or chat route columns. The changes aim to prevent delegate children from inheriting gateway or coordinator routing state they should not receive.

## 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 #116740. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116740 (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-116740`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116322: \[Bug\]: create_session copies compressed parent routing columns into a marked delegate child

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116740: fix(state): delegate and branch children no longer inherit a compressed parent's chat route (#116322, salvage #116377)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_state_sessions.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_delegate_child_routing_inheritance.py`
- **#109699: fix(delegation): keep nested work on its coordinator route**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `9573f44ca5416022f5c0095580e47b5e23d56e71`, `#116740`, `#116322`, `#96424`, `#103486`, `#115616`, `#52756`, `#109744`, `#109730`
- **#116377: fix(state): stop inheriting gateway routing columns into delegate children**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `df2865f5c0ba`, `#116740`, `#116322`, `#116377`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116740 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.