# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Compaction replay row timestamp and identity fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where compaction replay rows retain their original timestamps, causing answers to appear before their associated questions in the transcript. Related fixes also address identity refresh during compaction replay.

## 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 #121835. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #121835 (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-121835`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121064: Compaction replay/summary rows persist with the ORIGINAL timestamp and render in the desktop transcript, so a user question appears after its own answer

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121835: fix(agent): stamp compaction replay rows at compaction time, not the original task time**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `tests/agent/test_cron_inflight_prompt_reappend.py`
- **#121073: fix: refresh compaction replay identity**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#121835`, `#121064`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #121835 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-29`.