# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop compaction drops cwd context files bug

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where Desktop surface compaction rebuilds the gateway session's system prompt without the configured context working directory, causing files like AGENTS.md to be dropped. The members cover the bug report and related fix attempts.

## 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 #126643. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #126643 (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-126643`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #126111: Compaction on the Desktop surface rebuilds a gateway session's system prompt without cwd context files (AGENTS.md dropped)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126643: fix(agent): Desktop compaction keeps the configured context cwd (salvage #126169)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/context_file_sources.py`, `agent/runtime_cwd.py`, `agent/system_prompt.py`, `tests/agent/test_runtime_cwd.py`, `tests/agent/test_system_prompt.py`, `tests/tools/test_multiplex_turn_parity.py`
- **#126169: fix(agent): preserve configured context cwd on desktop compaction**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #126643 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.