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Negative session retention days causes mass deletion

Cluster 116361. Data as of 2026-10-26 12:29 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #116735 on 20 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A bug where negative values for sessions.retention_days incorrectly cause all ended sessions to be deleted during auto-pruning. The members cover the bug report and related fix attempts addressing validation or correction of negative retention bounds.

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#116735 fix(state): negative sessions.retention_days no longer deletes every ended session (#116361, salvage #116362)

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files: hermes_state_gateway.py, hermes_state_maintenance.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_session_vacuum_config.py, tests/hermes_state/test_hermes_state.py, website/docs/user-guide/sessions.md

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From the close comments: merged via another change 1

#116362 fix(state): reject negative retention bounds in session prune paths · merged via another change → 7773766, #116735, #116361, #116362

Closed issues · 1

Closed#116361[Bug]: Negative sessions.retention_days turns the auto-prune cutoff into mass deletion of ended sessions

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Merged PRs: #116735
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 20 Sep 2026

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