# NousResearch/hermes-agent · In-place compaction incorrectly clones branch copied history

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #123664: After /branch, in-place compaction clones the copied history back into the branch as live rows
- PR #124573: fix(compression): validate covered row generation before compaction

These items address a bug where in-place compaction after a branch operation clones copied history back as live rows, along with a related validation fix for covered row generation.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #123664: After /branch, in-place compaction clones the copied history back into the branch as live rows

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#123665: fix(compression): don't clone a branch's copied history back after in-place compaction**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#124573: fix(compression): validate covered row generation before compaction**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_state_messages.py`, `tests/agent/test_conversation_compression_manual.py`

## Fix status

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