# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Persist internal-event prompt pins across gateway restart

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where internal-event prompt pins were stored only in memory, causing the system prompt to flip unexpectedly after a gateway restart. Two fix attempts address persisting these pins so they survive restarts.

## 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 #126137. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #126137 (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-126137`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #125793: \[Bug\]: Internal-event pins are in-memory: the first internal event after a gateway restart still flips the system prompt

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126137: fix(gateway): persist internal prompt pins across restart (salvage #125832)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run_agent_cache.py`, `gateway/run_startup.py`, `gateway/run_turn.py`, `gateway/session.py`, `gateway/session_persistence.py`, `gateway/session_prompt_pin.py`, `gateway/session_state.py`, `gateway/slash_commands_session.py`, `tests/gateway/test_handoff_secondary_profile_adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_internal_event_pin_wiring.py`, `tests/gateway/test_resume_command.py`, `tests/gateway/test_session.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_topic_mode.py`
- **#125832: fix(gateway): persist internal prompt pins across restart**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `8928355d002697108443ac7b0edfcd28b02a2738`, `bac0c45d8593ed9d53a8e3fcacecdc920b71a2c4`, `801a9022a742562a3c4578c0d8dd12cfd393fc47`, `#125793`, `#125783`, `#125784`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #126137 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.