# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hide compaction TODO scaffolding from transcript display

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #130961: Bug: Desktop presents compaction TODO scaffolding as a human user message
- PR #130967: fix(desktop): hide compaction TODO carriers from transcript

These issues and fixes address a bug where internal compaction TODO scaffolding was being incorrectly shown as human user messages in the transcript. The work involves hiding these internal markers from the displayed conversation in both agent and desktop contexts.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #130961: Bug: Desktop presents compaction TODO scaffolding as a human user message

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#130967: fix(desktop): hide compaction TODO carriers from transcript**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `581b387af71a`
  - files: `agent/history_todo.py`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/hydration.ts`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/sessions.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_history_commentary_display.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_history_todo_display.py`, `tui_gateway/session_history.py`
- **#130995: fix(agent): hide compaction todo scaffolding from transcript display (#130961)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

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