# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Pruned caller-named API session IDs being permanently refused

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The members describe an issue where a caller-named API session id is refused indefinitely after housekeeping prunes it, along with two fixes that aim to let such ids age out rather than act as permanent tombstones. One fix also mentions retirement being keyed by profile (LC-25, LC-26), but details beyond the titles aren't given.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #140787. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #140787 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-140787`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #140731: A caller-named API session id is refused for good once housekeeping prunes it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#140787: fix(gateway): a prune is not a permanent tombstone, and retirement is keyed by profile (LC-25, LC-26)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server_authority_runs.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server_memory_sessions.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server_response_admissions.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server_runs.py`, `gateway/session_api.py`, `gateway/session_api_turn.py`, `gateway/session_mutations.py`, `gateway/session_persistence.py`, `hermes_state_gateway.py`, `hermes_state_mutation_retirement.py`, `tests/gateway/test_api_server_memory_sessions.py`, `tests/gateway/test_delete_secondary_profile_multiplex.py`, `tests/gateway/test_derived_generation_after_sweep.py`, `tests/gateway/test_secondary_route_fence_scope.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_retired_fence_outlives_horizon.py`
- **#140732: fix(state): let a swept caller-named API session id age out**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#140787`, `#140762`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #140787 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-18`.