# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Persist busy-queued prompts at accept time in TUI

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where prompts queued during a busy turn are not persisted when accepted, making them vulnerable to loss on cold transcript fetch or restart. The fixes ensure such prompts are saved at accept time and their display row is repositioned when their turn begins.

## 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 #121374. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #121374 (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-121374`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121006: \[Bug\]: Queued prompt accepted during a busy turn is not persisted at accept time — lost to cold transcript fetch and restart until its turn runs

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121374: fix(tui_gateway): persist a busy-queued prompt at accept time**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_state_messages.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_queued_prompt_persistence.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_tui_gateway_queue_on_busy.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_prompt.py`, `tui_gateway/session_auto_continue.py`, `tui_gateway/session_workdir.py`
- **#121014: fix(tui): persist busy queued prompts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#121374`, `#121006`
- **#121101: fix(tui_gateway): persist a busy-queued prompt at accept, re-place its row at turn start**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `16cf5897e9011731c6ac91af63864fe2b210c7ee`, `52276088c92`, `#121374`, `#123532`, `#123533`, `#125577`, `#123635`, `#123545`, `#111868`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #121374 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-25`.