# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Assistant reply disappearing or lost after state changes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## 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 #120494. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120494 (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-120494`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #118900: \[Desktop\] Assistant response disappears after screen refresh — message not persisted

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120494: fix(compaction): keep the just-delivered reply live across a compaction commit (#118900)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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`
- **#119133: fix(compaction): keep just-delivered assistant reply live across commit (#118900)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `946b68865b`, `fdfe61994d`, `#120494`, `#118900`
- **#119591: fix(desktop): keep open stream across reordered running=false heartbeat (#119569)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120494 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.