# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Empty results lack explanation when all matches excluded

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #120063: session_search (discovery): queries whose hits are all excluded return a bare empty result with no hint — the no-hits case prints guidance, this case prints nothing
- PR #120074: fix(session-search): explain empty results when every match is excluded
- PR #120144: fix(session-search): preserve exclusion provenance for empty discovery

These items address a gap in session search discovery where queries whose hits are entirely excluded return a bare empty result with no guidance. The work focuses on preserving exclusion context and surfacing an explanation to the user in that case.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #120063: session_search (discovery): queries whose hits are all excluded return a bare empty result with no hint — the no-hits case prints guidance, this case prints nothing

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120074: fix(session-search): explain empty results when every match is excluded**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_session_search.py`, `tools/session_search_tool.py`
- **#120144: fix(session-search): preserve exclusion provenance for empty discovery**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_session_search.py`, `tools/session_search_tool.py`

## Fix status

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