# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Startup orphan sweep incorrectly closes pinned sessions

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where the startup orphan sweep calls sweep_orphaned_sessions() without excluding pinned sessions, causing pinned sessions to be incorrectly reaped. The associated fixes address this by passing exclude_pinned=True during the sweep.

## 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 #121368. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #121368 (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-121368`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #118161: \[Bug\]: startup orphan sweep closes pinned sessions — session_reaper calls sweep_orphaned_sessions() without exclude_pinned=True

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121368: fix(sessions): spare pinned rows in the startup orphan sweep**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_startup_orphan_sweep.py`, `tui_gateway/session_reaper.py`
- **#118171: fix(sessions): spare pinned rows in the startup orphan sweep**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#121368`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #121368 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-24`.