# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Compression dropping user text merged after todo snapshot

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #137652: Compaction deletes a user message that was merged after a todo snapshot
- PR #137658: fix(compression): keep a user turn merged after a todo snapshot (#137652)

The members concern compaction/compression removing a user message that was merged after a todo snapshot block. One issue describes the deletion, and two pull requests propose changes to keep that merged text while stripping only the snapshot.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #137652: Compaction deletes a user message that was merged after a todo snapshot

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#137658: fix(compression): keep a user turn merged after a todo snapshot (#137652)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `83e266723dd3354bf908cf1647bd86ab5d33e3e8`, `63d0b94120027d487c9a5235b9ec64b696af1b26`, `#143552`, `#137652`, `#110857`, `#117128`, `#136671`
  - files: `agent/conversation_compression.py`, `agent/conversation_compression_todo.py`, `tests/agent/test_conversation_compression_todo.py`, `tests/agent/test_skill_todo_retention_parity.py`, `tests/tools/test_todo_tool.py`, `tools/todo_tool.py`
- **#137665: fix(compression): strip only the todo snapshot block, keep text merged after it**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#137658`

## Fix status

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