# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop duplicate acknowledged prompt after compaction fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address a bug where acknowledged prompts are duplicated on the desktop, particularly after compaction or when system/user rows are present. The work involves deduplication logic, attachment-tolerant matching, and related transcript handling improvements.

## 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 #122079. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122079 (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-122079`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121088: Desktop duplicates acknowledged prompt after compaction or system user rows

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122079: fix(desktop): transcript duplication — acknowledged-prompt dedupe, attachment-tolerant matching, continuation provenance, backtick URLs**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/artifacts/artifact-utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/artifacts/index.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/de.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/es.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/fr.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/attachment-turn.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/reconciliation.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/reconciliation.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json` (+4 more)
- **#121099: fix(desktop): avoid duplicate acknowledged prompts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#122079`, `#121088`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122079 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.