# NousResearch/hermes-agent · sessions prune blocked by live gateway held-store guard

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #121324: sessions prune refuses whenever a gateway is live — held-store guard makes cron pruning impossible
- PR #121343: fix(sessions): allow prune with live store holders

A bug was identified where the sessions prune operation is refused whenever a live gateway holds the store, making scheduled pruning impossible. The members address exempting sessions prune from this held-store guard.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121324: sessions prune refuses whenever a gateway is live — held-store guard makes cron pruning impossible

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121329: fix(sessions): allow prune with live gateway**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `b60dbae7a0a9c56fe3f19dfcb889b1ea35167470`, `#121343`, `#121324`, `#121329`
- **#121343: fix(sessions): allow prune with live store holders**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/sessions_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/sessions.py`, `hermes_state_holders.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_sessions_held_store_gate.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/session-storage-recovery.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/sessions.md`
- **#121783: Fix #121324: exempt sessions prune from the held-store guard**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `c2a8dab6d020`, `#121330`

## Fix status

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