# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Compression loses seeded system prompt and skills index

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where gateway hygiene and the /compress command drop or fail to preserve the seeded system prompt, causing the skills index to be lost over a live session. Two related fix attempts accompany the bug report.

## 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 #124158. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #124158 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #122822: \[Bug\] Gateway hygiene / gateway /compress persist a reduced-toolset system prompt over the live session (skills index lost)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124158: fix(compression): hygiene and gateway /compress keep the seeded system prompt**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/conversation_compression.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/run_turn.py`, `gateway/slash_commands_session.py`, `tests/gateway/test_hygiene_compaction_keeps_seeded_prompt.py`
- **#122825: fix(compression): hygiene and gateway /compress keep the seeded system prompt**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#124158`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #124158 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-26`.