# NousResearch/hermes-agent · oneshot mode ignoring resume/continue flag

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #49195: hermes -z (oneshot) silently ignores --resume / --continue (session never hydrated)
- PR #49204: fix(cli): reject --resume/--continue in oneshot instead of dropping it
- PR #80799: fix(cli): honor --resume/--continue in oneshot (-z) — rebase + real-SQLite coverage

These issues and PRs concern a bug where the --resume/--continue flag is silently ignored or dropped when running in oneshot (-z) mode. The members explore both rejecting the flag outright and properly honoring it by hydrating and chaining the session.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #49195: hermes -z (oneshot) silently ignores --resume / --continue (session never hydrated)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#49204: fix(cli): reject --resume/--continue in oneshot instead of dropping it**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `#49195`, `#40333`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/cli/test_oneshot_resume_guard.py`
- **#57859: fix(cli): honor --resume/--continue in oneshot (-z) — hydrate and chain the session**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#80799`
- **#80799: fix(cli): honor --resume/--continue in oneshot (-z) — rebase + real-SQLite coverage**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `208f313f1e9f94bd0f5b534a15633ae057abfe2d`, `cced6fa360a589ba50abfde687ef1bcba8ddaf2e`, `5fc308a70719a83cccdbba4c0e39c23f5a8239d5`, `#49195`, `#74397`, `#57859`, `#49204`, `#70136`, `#80799`
  - files: `hermes_cli/_parser.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/oneshot.py`, `hermes_state.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_oneshot_resume.py`

## Fix status

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