# NousResearch/hermes-agent · In-place compress incorrectly archives unseen turns

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes concern a bug where in-place compaction during /compress archives turns from other surfaces that the compressor never processed. Related work reconciles manual compress input with durable rows before committing.

## 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 #121302. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #121302 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #120155: \[Bug\]: /compress on the Desktop/TUI or CLI permanently hides turns another surface added to the same session (in-place compaction archives rows the compressor never saw)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121302: In-place /compress no longer archives turns another surface appended (#120155, salvage #120156)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/conversation_compression.py`, `agent/conversation_compression_manual.py`, `tests/agent/test_conversation_compression_manual.py`
- **#120156: fix(compression): an in-place compaction never archives turns the compacting surface did not hold**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `8d54337080`, `4ee0d6a4e8`, `7cf28c0064`, `2da575e71a`, `4d5899868a`, `#121302`
- **#121340: fix(compression): reconcile manual /compress input with the durable rows before an in-place commit**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#120155`, `#120156`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #121302 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-24`.