# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Temporary or ephemeral chat sessions across interfaces

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #52341: \[Feature\]: Temporary chat
- PR #66979: feat(api): add request-scoped ephemeral agent turns
- PR #139390: feat(sessions): temporary (incognito) chats for Desktop, CLI and TUI

The three members all concern temporary chat behavior: one feature request for temporary chat, one proposal for incognito chats in Desktop, CLI and TUI, and one proposal for request-scoped ephemeral agent turns in the API. Titles alone don't show how these relate in implementation or what state any of them are in.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #52341: \[Feature\]: Temporary chat

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#66979: feat(api): add request-scoped ephemeral agent turns**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `2c083fd14f43`, `#66979`, `#52341`, `#69043`, `#374151`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `run_agent.py`, `tests/gateway/test_api_server.py`, `tests/gateway/test_api_server_ephemeral_integration.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_memory_read_only.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_plugin_context_engine_init.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_run_agent.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/api-server.md`
- **#139390: feat(sessions): temporary (incognito) chats for Desktop, CLI and TUI**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/agent_init_banner.py`, `agent/runtime_session_store.py`, `agent/session_persistence.py`, `agent/temporary_chat.py`, `agent/turn_context.py`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preload.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/api/canonical-protocol.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/api/canonical-protocol.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/close-tab.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/controls.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-placeholder.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/temporary-chat-toggle.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/temporary-chat-toggle.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/temporary/confirm-end.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/temporary/temporary-chat-badge.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/temporary/temporary-chat-butterbar.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/temporary/temporary-chat-butterbar.tsx` (+155 more)

## Fix status

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