# NousResearch/hermes-agent · ACP non-owning persist incorrectly drops transcript rows

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #122699: \[Bug\]: ACP save after a model switch hard-deletes transcript rows it did not load (replace_messages without archive_dropped)
- PR #122704: fix(acp): archive dropped rows on non-owning-agent persist instead of hard-deleting (#122699)
- PR #123503: fix(acp): a non-owning persist never drops another writer's turn (#122699)

A bug where a non-owning agent's persist operation hard-deletes transcript rows it did not load, rather than archiving them. The fix ensures dropped rows are archived instead of permanently removed during non-owning-agent persist.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #122699: \[Bug\]: ACP save after a model switch hard-deletes transcript rows it did not load (replace_messages without archive_dropped)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122704: fix(acp): archive dropped rows on non-owning-agent persist instead of hard-deleting (#122699)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `acp_adapter/session.py`, `tests/acp_adapter/test_session.py`
- **#123503: fix(acp): a non-owning persist never drops another writer's turn (#122699)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `7817bf522a`, `d037aba450`
  - files: `acp_adapter/session.py`, `hermes_state_messages.py`, `tests/acp_adapter/test_session.py`

## Fix status

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