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Compression child sessions losing cwd and workspace context

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 42228 · agent

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #52658. Check it covers your case.

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Multiple issues and fixes address a bug where compressed or split child sessions fail to inherit the parent session's working directory and git repo metadata, causing sessions to appear in no workspace or lose project sidebar entries.

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  • #52658 feat(compression): flip in_place default to True + guard fix (#38763) [salvage #51959]

    merged to main

    files: gateway/run.py, gateway/slash_commands.py, hermes_cli/config.py, scripts/release.py, tests/agent/test_compression_concurrent_fork.py, tests/agent/test_compression_logging_session_context.py, tests/agent/test_compression_rotation_state.py, tests/gateway/test_compression_concurrent_sessions.py, tests/gateway/test_session_hygiene.py, tests/run_agent/test_compression_boundary_hook.py, tests/run_agent/test_in_place_compaction.py

  • #69343 fix(state): compression child sessions inherit cwd and repo metadata

    merged to main

    files: hermes_state.py, tests/agent/test_compression_rotation_state.py, tests/test_hermes_state.py

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 2 · merged via another change 1

  • #42233 Fix #42228: Inherit parent session cwd in compressed continuation sessions · superseded by another PR → #52658, #38763
  • #42240 fix(agent): inherit parent session cwd during compression rotation · superseded by another PR → #52658, #38763
  • #64731 fix(state): inherit cwd/git_repo_root on parent_session_id children · merged via another change → 75099ca, #69343
Closed issues · 2
  • Closed#42228Desktop/TUI compressed sessions can move into No workspace because continuation cwd is null
  • Closed#64709bug(state): compression-split child sessions lose cwd/git_repo_root, causing project sidebar entry to disappear every compression
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3 PRs closed without merging
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22 Jul 2026

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