# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Pinned chat segments lost after compression and pruning

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where a chat pinned before compression occurs loses its newest segments during pruning, auto-archiving, or the orphan sweep. The associated fixes address how pins interact with segments published after compression.

## 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 #130515. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #130515 (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-130515`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #126432: \[Bug\]: a chat pinned before it was compressed loses its newest part to sessions prune, and is auto-archived

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#130515: fix(sessions): a chat pinned before compression keeps its newest part through prune, auto-archive and the orphan sweep (#126432, salvage #126434)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/sessions_cmd.py`, `hermes_state_compression.py`, `hermes_state_maintenance.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_sessions_delete.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_pinned_lineage.py`
- **#126434: fix(sessions): a pin covers the segments compression publishes after it**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `91c189bb33`, `#130515`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #130515 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-03`.