# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Branch/fork history copying completeness issues

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #18870: /fork only copies ~15 messages instead of full history
- PR #18891: fix(cli,gateway): /branch preserves full history after compression
- PR #20830: fix(cli): /branch copies full history from DB instead of compressed in-memory state

These items concern bugs and fixes related to /branch and /fork commands not copying the full conversation history, instead using compressed or truncated in-memory state rather than the complete database records.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #18870: /fork only copies ~15 messages instead of full history

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#18891: fix(cli,gateway): /branch preserves full history after compression**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `0904bc7ea21131573c818f3beb20b8589b646686`, `619bd782738adfa87544d0fda7a1114defe86e4c`
  - files: `cli.py`, `gateway/run.py`
- **#20830: fix(cli): /branch copies full history from DB instead of compressed in-memory state**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#18891`, `#18870`
  - files: `cli.py`

## Fix status

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