# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix streaming writer supersession dropping terminal chunks

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #119663: Completed stream discarded as a mid-stream drop when a superseded writer fends the terminal chunk
- PR #122608: fix(streaming): keep chat responses complete after writer supersession

These items address a bug where a superseded stream writer causes the final chunk—including finish reason and text—to be incorrectly discarded or treated as a mid-stream drop. Fixes ensure terminal chunk data is preserved when writer supersession occurs.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #119663: Completed stream discarded as a mid-stream drop when a superseded writer fends the terminal chunk

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#119693: fix(agent): keep finish_reason from a superseded terminal chunk that also carries text**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#119663`
- **#122608: fix(streaming): keep chat responses complete after writer supersession**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#119663`, `#122575`, `#119693`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_chat_turn_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_stream_mixin.py`, `tests/agent/test_partial_stream_finish_reason.py`, `tests/agent/test_stream_single_writer.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_status_lines_held_during_stream_box.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_transformed_stream_output.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`