# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix image rejection to preserve session history

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where rejecting an image incorrectly removes all images from the session's persistent state, rather than only stripping the image from the specific request copy. The fix ensures session history is preserved on rejection.

## 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 #118316. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #118316 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #118053: \[Bug\]: an image rejection permanently deletes every image in the session from state.db

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118316: fix(agent): image rejection strips the request copy, never session history (salvage of #118054)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/message_sanitization.py`, `agent/turn_api_request.py`, `agent/turn_context.py`, `agent/turn_recovery.py`, `contributors/emails/252427329+rodricksz4h5@users.noreply.github.com`, `tests/agent/test_image_corrupt_recovery.py`, `tests/agent/test_image_rejection_fallback.py`, `tests/agent/test_turn_context.py`
- **#118054: fix(agent): an image rejection strips the request, never the session history**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `fe4294802e`, `#118316`
- **#118300: fix(agent): keep session images on image rejection, strip request copies per route**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#118316`, `#118053`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #118316 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-21`.