# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Exclude current session from search results window

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #36238: fix(session_search): current session contaminates FTS5 fetch window, hiding historical matches
- PR #49404: fix: exclude current session from session_search newest window
- PR #82994: fix(session-search): exclude active lineage before scan

Multiple fixes addressing a bug where the current active session contaminates the FTS5 fetch window during session search, causing historical matches to be hidden. The fixes involve excluding the current session or its lineage before or during the search scan.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #36238: fix(session_search): current session contaminates FTS5 fetch window, hiding historical matches

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#36281: fix(session_search): exclude current session from FTS5 fetch window (#36238)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#27590`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#49404: fix: exclude current session from session_search newest window**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_state.py`, `tests/tools/test_session_search.py`, `tools/session_search_tool.py`
- **#82994: fix(session-search): exclude active lineage before scan**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_state_search.py`, `tests/tools/test_session_search.py`, `tools/session_search_tool.py`

## Fix status

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