# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix user message boundary merging and duplication bugs

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #45560: repair_message_sequence aggressively merges separate user messages (v0.16.0+)
- PR #46459: fix(agent): preserve later user message boundaries
- PR #63298: fix: preserve queued prompt boundaries end to end

These items address bugs where separate user messages were being incorrectly merged or duplicated, including issues with queued prompt boundaries, agent message handling, and compression fallback summaries.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #45560: repair_message_sequence aggressively merges separate user messages (v0.16.0+)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#46459: fix(agent): preserve later user message boundaries**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#45560`, `#63298`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/anthropic_adapter.py`, `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `tests/agent/test_anthropic_adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_active_session_text_merge.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_message_sequence_repair.py`, `utils.py`
- **#63298: fix: preserve queued prompt boundaries end to end**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `2a88670061`, `bf090deed3`, `55c76ab3fc`, `#63298`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/conversation_compression.py`, `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `agent/micro_compaction.py`, `agent/session_persistence.py`, `agent/turn_context.py`, `agent/turn_iteration_prep.py`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-queue.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/submit.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/utils.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `contributors/emails/yingliangzhang@users.noreply.github.com`, `cron/scheduler_delivery.py`, `gateway/mirror.py`, `gateway/platforms/event.py`, `gateway/run_turn.py`, `gateway/run_turn_persistence.py` (+36 more)

## Fix status

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