# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Unanswered user text lost during persist override

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where an unanswered user message is dropped or overwritten when a persist override rewrites or merges a user row. The work covers identifying the problem and fixing the agent to preserve that text through the override.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #126615. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #126615 (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-126615`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #124731: Persist override overwrites a merged user row, dropping the earlier unanswered message from the live list

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126615: Unanswered user text survives the next turn's persist override (#124731, salvage #124770)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/message_metadata.py`, `agent/session_persistence.py`, `contributors/emails/charan-rathore@users.noreply.github.com`, `tests/acp_adapter/test_failed_turn_closure.py`, `tests/agent/test_merged_user_override.py`
- **#124770: fix(agent): preserve unanswered user text through persist override**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#124770`, `#124731`, `#94500`, `#121837`, `#104454`, `#120862`
- **#125077: fix(agent): keep the pre-merge prefix when the persist override rewrites a merged user row**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#125077`, `#124731`, `#124770`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #126615 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.