NousResearch/hermes-agent

Steer text duplicated during compaction fix

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #117621 on 21 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address a bug where a mid-turn steer message is incorrectly re-inserted as multiple out-of-bounds copies during compaction. The work focuses on preserving steer display identity so it renders only once after compaction.

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  • #117621 fix(state): a mid-turn steer renders once after compaction instead of 3-7 OOB copies (#117137, salvage #117142)

    merged to main

    files: agent/transcript_repair.py, hermes_state_messages.py, tests/agent/test_compression_rotation_state.py, tests/agent/test_steer_compaction_persistence.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #117142 fix(compression): preserve steer display identity across compactions · merged via another change → bb9058d, fbc4ea8, c193db5, #117137, #117621
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#117137[Bug]: compaction re-inserts steer text as new user rows — one mid-turn message renders as 3-7 OOB blocks
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21 Sep 2026

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