# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Handle lagging profile DB schema in session reads

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #42526: fix(state): tolerate lagged profile DB schemas in read-only queries (#42467)

These members address a bug where per-profile session data appears silently empty when a profile's database schema lags behind the default. The fixes add migration or tolerance logic so read operations work despite schema version differences.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #80797. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #80797 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #42467: \[Bug\]: Desktop per-profile session list silently empty when a profile's state.db schema lags the default DB

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#80797: fix(desktop): derive the stale-schema read probe from SCHEMA_SQL**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/web_routers/profiles.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `hermes_state_schema.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`, `tests/test_schema_read_probe.py`
- **#42487: fix(web_server): auto-migrate lagging profile DBs in /api/profiles/sessions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `bdee48928`, `#80797`, `#79531`, `#80037`
- **#42526: fix(state): tolerate lagged profile DB schemas in read-only queries (#42467)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_state.py`, `tests/test_issue_42467_fix.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #80797 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-07`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`