# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Session search FTS broken in read-only cross-profile mode

## Open now

- 2 issues, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #49554: Cross-profile session_search silently returns 0 results - read-only SessionDB never enables FTS
- #54861: Cross-profile session_search silently returns zero results: read_only=True permanently disables FTS5

These issues and fixes address session_search returning zero results when using read-only database connections, because FTS5 was never enabled for them, and the profile parameter was not being forwarded through handler calls.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.54`: 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

- #49554: Cross-profile session_search silently returns 0 results - read-only SessionDB never enables FTS
- #54861: Cross-profile session_search silently returns zero results: read_only=True permanently disables FTS5

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#54869: fix(session_search): detect FTS capability on read-only connections**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#49577`, `#49577`
- **#60792: fix(agent,state): pass profile in session_search handlers + enable FTS in read-only mode**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `a9838c21007`, `57197cd48d8`, `#60789`
- **#60819: fix(agent): forward profile param in session_search handler calls**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `a9838c21007`, `57197cd48d8`, `#60789`

## Fix status

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