NousResearch/hermes-agent

Assistant reply disappearing or lost after state changes

Cluster 118900. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #120494 on 23 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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Known?
Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
Fix event
A fix was merged to main in PR #120494. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
Tracker
The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #120494. That is separate from the fix event.
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These issues and fixes relate to assistant responses being dropped or disappearing during compaction commits, stream reordering, or screen refreshes. The common thread is ensuring in-progress or just-delivered replies remain visible across various state transitions.

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Open PRs0

No open pull requests.

Fixes on record

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  • #120494 fix(compaction): keep the just-delivered reply live across a compaction commit (#118900)

    merged to main

    files: agent/conversation_compression.py, agent/conversation_compression_reply_anchor.py, tests/agent/test_compression_last_assistant_anchor.py, tests/agent/test_compression_rotation_state.py, tests/agent/test_skill_todo_retention_parity.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1 · merged via another change 1

  • #119133 fix(compaction): keep just-delivered assistant reply live across commit (#118900) · done elsewhere → 946b688, fdfe619, #120494, #118900
  • #119591 fix(desktop): keep open stream across reordered running=false heartbeat (#119569) · merged via another change
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#118900[Desktop] Assistant response disappears after screen refresh — message not persisted
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  • Pairwise link density 0.50: the share of item 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.

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Merged PRs
#120494
Closed issues
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Attempts
2 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked
23 Sep 2026

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