Session export delete safety and rename fixes

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 119933

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These issues and pull requests address bugs in session export logic where compacted history was deleted without being exported, and a separate fix for session renames stalling the backend event loop. The work spans atomic verification before deletion and preserving compacted turns in exports.

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  • #120089 Session renames no longer stall the backend event loop; Desktop chat frames keep flowing (#119643 A, salvage #119650)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/web_routers/sessions.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_sessiondb_eventloop.py

  • #120435 fix(sessions): export-then-delete keeps compacted history and refuses on drift

    merged to main

    files: gateway/slash_commands_session.py, hermes_cli/cli_session_mixin.py, hermes_cli/session_export.py, hermes_cli/sessions_cmd.py, hermes_state_messages.py, hermes_state_portability.py, hermes_state_sessions.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_save_transcript_history.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_session_export.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_sessions_export_md_cli.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_sessions_export_output_dir.py, tests/hermes_state/test_read_path_transient_ioerr.py, website/docs/user-guide/sessions.md

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 3

  • #119935 fix(sessions): transcript exports keep compacted turns, so --delete-after-verified no longer deletes them unseen · done elsewhere → fe8b643, #120435, #120065
  • #120065 fix(sessions): atomically verify display history before export deletion · done elsewhere → 539c6b9, #120435, #119935, #119933
  • #120281 fix(sessions): keep compacted turns in exports and gate verified delete (#119933) · done elsewhere → 1769024, #119933, #120089, #119935, #120065, #120435
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#119933[Bug]: `hermes sessions export --format md --delete-after-verified` deletes the in-place-compacted history it never exported
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3 PRs closed without merging
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23 Sep 2026

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