# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Blank auto-resume placeholder leaks to model fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #120963: Startup auto-resume's empty-text placeholder reaches the model (and is logged like a real message) when the resume-note safety net doesn't fire
- PR #120969: fix(gateway): preserve startup resume placeholder
- PR #127125: fix(gateway): a blank internal turn never reaches the model as an empty user message

These issues and PRs concern a self-injected startup resume placeholder turn that, under certain conditions, reaches the model as an empty or blank user message instead of being suppressed. The work focuses on gateway-level handling to prevent this placeholder from being forwarded or logged as a real message.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #120963: Startup auto-resume's empty-text placeholder reaches the model (and is logged like a real message) when the resume-note safety net doesn't fire

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120969: fix(gateway): preserve startup resume placeholder**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/run_startup.py`, `gateway/run_turn.py`, `gateway/run_turn_runner.py`, `gateway/turn_context.py`, `tests/gateway/test_restart_resume_pending.py`
- **#122603: fix(gateway): never hand a blank self-injected resume turn to the model**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `3714e0f088d7`
- **#127125: fix(gateway): a blank internal turn never reaches the model as an empty user message**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`
  - files: `gateway/run_turn.py`, `gateway/run_turn_runner.py`, `gateway/turn_context.py`, `tests/gateway/test_internal_turn_blank_message_guard.py`

## Fix status

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