# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway session memory provider reuse across requests

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members concern a bug where the gateway api_server reinitializes the memory provider on every request, preventing async memory recall from injecting into continued sessions, and a fix to share one provider per session instead.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #120189. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120189 (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-120189`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #120116: gateway api_server: memory provider is re-initialised on every request (agent cache miss) so async memory recall never injects, even with X-Hermes-Session-Id continuity

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120189: api_server: automatic memory recall lands on continued sessions (one provider per session, #120116)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `gateway/AGENTS.md`, `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server_memory_sessions.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server_runs.py`, `run_agent.py`, `tests/agent/test_memory_provider_init.py`, `tests/gateway/test_api_server_memory_sessions.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/api-server.md`
- **#120146: fix(gateway): reuse session memory manager across api_server requests**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#120116`, `#120189`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120189 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.