# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Strip bracket delimiters from shared-session display names

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #127053: The shared-session \[Name\] prefix is built from a display name that keeps its brackets
- PR #127066: fix(gateway): strip bracket delimiters from inline neutralized display names
- PR #127129: fix(gateway): strip bracket delimiters from shared-session sender prefix

These items address a bug where bracket characters are not being stripped from display name prefixes in shared-session contexts. Fixes target both the sender prefix and inline neutralized display name formatting in the gateway.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #127053: The shared-session \[Name\] prefix is built from a display name that keeps its brackets

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127066: fix(gateway): strip bracket delimiters from inline neutralized display names**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/run_inbound.py`, `gateway/session.py`, `tests/gateway/test_session.py`
- **#127129: fix(gateway): strip bracket delimiters from shared-session sender prefix**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/run_inbound.py`, `tests/gateway/test_inbound_sender_prefix_brackets.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`