# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Session ID continuity lost on cold-start eviction

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #16517: Bug: cold-start with conversation= mints new session_id, breaking client-side conversation continuity

These members address a bug where cold-starting with a known conversation slug mints a new session_id instead of reusing the existing one, breaking client-side conversation continuity after LRU eviction.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #16517: Bug: cold-start with conversation= mints new session_id, breaking client-side conversation continuity

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#16607: fix(api_server): reuse session_id for known conversation slug on cold-start (#16517)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#16517`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#16635: fix(api_server): persist session_id on conversation slug to survive LRU eviction (#16517)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#16607`, `#16517`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._

## Fix status

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