# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Session message count tracking fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #45236: sessions.message_count column not maintained for api_server and tui sources
- PR #45345: fix(state): heal null session message counts
- PR #45475: fix(hermes_state): set message_count and tool_call_count to 0 on session creation

Multiple fixes addressing incorrect or null message_count values on sessions, including initialization at creation and computation from the messages table for various sources.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #45236: sessions.message_count column not maintained for api_server and tui sources

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#45345: fix(state): heal null session message counts**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_state.py`, `tests/test_hermes_state.py`
- **#45475: fix(hermes_state): set message_count and tool_call_count to 0 on session creation**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `23c03ced75031e85c418f1660947c03e92f9e205`
  - files: `hermes_state.py`

## Fix status

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