# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Add parent_session_id field to shell-hook payload

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #42939: feat(hooks): expose parent_session_id (session lineage) on shell-hook payload
- PR #42940: feat(hooks): expose parent_session_id on shell-hook payload
- PR #42957: feat(hooks): expose parent_session_id in shell-hook payload

These items all concern exposing a parent_session_id value on the shell-hook payload to support session lineage tracking. The three entries appear to be duplicates or near-duplicates of the same feature request or proposal.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #42939: feat(hooks): expose parent_session_id (session lineage) on shell-hook payload

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#42940: feat(hooks): expose parent_session_id on shell-hook payload**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/shell_hooks.py`, `scripts/release.py`, `tests/agent/test_shell_hooks.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_hooks_cli.py`
- **#42957: feat(hooks): expose parent_session_id in shell-hook payload**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/shell_hooks.py`, `tests/agent/test_shell_hooks.py`

## Fix status

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