# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Duplicate in-flight task after compaction bug fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #131104: \[Bug\]: Compaction restatement leaves two active copies of the user request and re-delivers the previous reply
- PR #132466: fix(sessions): show a compaction's re-stated in-flight request once, and stop carriers being echoed \[risk 0.80\]

These items address a bug where compaction restatement caused two active copies of a user request to exist simultaneously, with the previous reply being re-delivered. The work involves fixing the duplicate in-flight task replay behavior.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #132183. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #132183 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #131104: \[Bug\]: Compaction restatement leaves two active copies of the user request and re-delivers the previous reply

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132183: In-flight request no longer duplicated after compaction (#131104, salvage #131110)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `tests/agent/test_cron_inflight_prompt_reappend.py`
- **#131110: fix(agent): replace duplicate in-flight task replay**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `2667c960d5`, `ff89a5cf8c`, `581719d1da`, `#132183`
- **#132466: fix(sessions): show a compaction's re-stated in-flight request once, and stop carriers being echoed \[risk 0.80\]**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `4f8ccff233`
  - files: `agent/compaction_display.py`, `agent/context_compressor.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/sessions.py`, `hermes_state_timeline.py`, `tests/agent/test_compaction_assistant_carrier.py`, `tests/agent/test_compaction_inflight_display.py`, `tui_gateway/session_history.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #132183 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-03`.
- Subsystem: `agent`