# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Session titles showing internal scaffolding instead of content

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple fixes and reports address session/conversation titles incorrectly displaying internal metadata blocks, skill invocation prefixes, or workspace_context scaffolding instead of the actual user prompt.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #128331. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #128331 (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: `partially_resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-128331`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.29`: 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

- #48359: \[Bug\]: Desktop session name shows skill-invocation scaffolding ("\[IMPORTANT: The user has invoked the ... skill") instead of a real title
- #63478: Session titles/previews can show workspace_context metadata instead of user prompt

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128331: fix(gateway): titles and previews from the user's request on auto-load turns**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `agent/skill_commands.py`, `agent/turn_context.py`, `agent/turn_facade.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/run_turn.py`, `gateway/run_turn_runner.py`, `gateway/turn_context.py`, `hermes_state_common.py`, `hermes_state_portability.py`, `tests/agent/test_skill_invocation_description.py`, `tests/agent/test_title_input.py`, `tests/gateway/test_auto_skill_title_input.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_session_skill_previews.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`
- **#48380: fix(acp): use skill user instruction for Desktop session titles**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#48499: fix(agent): strip skill invocation prefix from title generation (#48359)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#64069: fix(title-generator): strip leading workspace_context block before LLM (#63478)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#64069`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #128331 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-29`.
- Subsystem: `acp`