# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Agent session rows missing user_id, hardcoded None

## Open now

- 2 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #24321: AIAgent._ensure_db_session() drops user_id on session-row creation; bg/cron/delegate sessions land orphan in state.db
- #35407: \[Bug\]: _ensure_db_session hardcodes user_id=None — never records the authenticated user
- PR #24333: fix(agent): propagate user_id to session-row creation for bg/cron/delegate sessions
- PR #24406: fix(agent): namespace user_id for bg/cron/delegate sessions

A bug where _ensure_db_session hardcodes user_id=None instead of propagating the authenticated user's ID, causing background, cron, and delegate sessions to be recorded without an owner. Multiple fix attempts address this propagation gap.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.26`: 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

- #24321: AIAgent._ensure_db_session() drops user_id on session-row creation; bg/cron/delegate sessions land orphan in state.db
- #35407: \[Bug\]: _ensure_db_session hardcodes user_id=None — never records the authenticated user

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#24608: fix(agent): propagate self.user_id in _ensure_db_session instead of hardcoded None**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#24609`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#24333: fix(agent): propagate user_id to session-row creation for bg/cron/delegate sessions**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `5311d9959e19477aac8aa7deca46c1ee0b8e7000`
  - files: `run_agent.py`, `tests/agent/test_session_user_id.py`
- **#24406: fix(agent): namespace user_id for bg/cron/delegate sessions**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#24333`, `#24321`, `#24333`
  - files: `run_agent.py`
- **#24609: fix(agent): propagate self._user_id in _ensure_db_session instead of hardcoded None**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#24608`, `#24321`
- **#67560: fix(agent): propagate _user_id to session DB + return text summary for non-vision computer_use (#35407 #35817)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

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