# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Branch/fork chat sessions into new threads

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a feature for splitting or branching an existing chat session into a new sibling thread across Discord, Telegram, Slack, and Matrix. The work includes a dedicated command and gateway-level support for forking sessions.

## 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 #117450. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117450 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116433: feat(discord): /discord-branch — fork session + create new thread in one command

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117450: /branch opens a sibling thread by default on Discord/Telegram/Slack/Matrix; --here keeps this chat (#66023, salvage #66024)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/slash_commands_branch_thread.py`, `gateway/slash_commands_session.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_commands_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/commands.py`, `locales/af.yaml`, `locales/ar.yaml`, `locales/de.yaml`, `locales/en.yaml`, `locales/es.yaml`, `locales/fr.yaml`, `locales/ga.yaml`, `locales/hu.yaml`, `locales/it.yaml`, `locales/ja.yaml`, `locales/ko.yaml`, `locales/pt.yaml`, `locales/ru.yaml`, `locales/tr.yaml`, `locales/uk.yaml`, `locales/zh-hant.yaml` (+3 more)
- **#116597: feat(gateway): branch Discord sessions into separate threads**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `dbcbd9d9db9497f44496ab0c1edebf5b9084ab87`, `#117450`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117450 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.