# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Steer text duplicated during compaction fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## 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 #117621. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117621 (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-117621`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #117137: \[Bug\]: compaction re-inserts steer text as new user rows — one mid-turn message renders as 3-7 OOB blocks

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117621: fix(state): a mid-turn steer renders once after compaction instead of 3-7 OOB copies (#117137, salvage #117142)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/transcript_repair.py`, `hermes_state_messages.py`, `tests/agent/test_compression_rotation_state.py`, `tests/agent/test_steer_compaction_persistence.py`
- **#117142: fix(compression): preserve steer display identity across compactions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `bb9058d7e8`, `fbc4ea8b96c7`, `c193db564d`, `#117137`, `#117621`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117621 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-21`.