# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bug fix: preserve user-typed titles in dedup logic

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where the duplicate-session-title repair process unconditionally cleared titles on non-newest duplicates, including ones the user had explicitly typed. These members address preserving user-typed titles during that repair.

## 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 #132258. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #132258 (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-132258`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #126764: \[Bug\] The unique-title repair unconditionally NULLs the title of every non-newest duplicate, including user-typed session names

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132258: Old session stores no longer lose user-typed duplicate titles (#126764, salvage #127743)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/66773372+Tranquil-Flow@users.noreply.github.com`, `hermes_state_schema.py`, `hermes_state_titles.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_hermes_state.py`
- **#127082: fix(state): keep user-typed titles when repairing duplicate session titles**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#126764`
- **#127743: fix(state): unique-title repair preserves user-typed titles, keeps newest by started_at (#126764)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `c64617ee8d`, `54893a83f8`, `#132258`, `#126764`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #132258 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-03`.