# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Opt-in conversation forking for delegated subagent tasks

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #130829: delegate_task: opt-in mode that forks the parent's conversation into the child
- PR #130844: feat(delegation): add opt-in conversation forks
- PR #138222: Delegated subagents can fork the parent conversation and do only their own task (salvage #130844, fixes #130829)

These three members all concern adding an opt-in mode in which a delegated child agent or subagent forks the parent's conversation. One title also mentions the child performing only its own task and references related items (#130844, #130829), but the titles alone don't show further details.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #130829: delegate_task: opt-in mode that forks the parent's conversation into the child

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#130844: feat(delegation): add opt-in conversation forks**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#138222`, `#138222`
  - files: `run_agent.py`, `tests/tools/test_delegate.py`, `tools/delegate_tool.py`, `tools/delegate_tool_child_run.py`
- **#138222: Delegated subagents can fork the parent conversation and do only their own task (salvage #130844, fixes #130829)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `7c5e390175e0eb283985920185d6b7a0aca34eb5`
  - files: `run_agent.py`, `tests/fixtures/prompt_surface/surfaces.json`, `tests/fixtures/prompt_surface/tools/delegate_task.json`, `tests/tools/test_delegate_fork.py`, `tools/delegate_tool.py`, `tools/delegate_tool_child_run.py`, `tools/delegate_tool_fork.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/delegation.md`

## Fix status

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