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Gateway session lifecycle and state.db cleanup

Cluster 54189 · agent. Data as of 2026-10-24 20:38 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #101316 on 2 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address unbounded growth of state.db by adding session expiry tracking and a CLI subcommand to expose backend session lifecycle management commands.

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#101316 fix(sessions): state.db auto-prunes ended sessions by default (90d) and VACUUM only runs above 25% freelist (#54189)

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files: cli-config.yaml.example, hermes_cli/config_defaults.py, hermes_state.py, tests/test_hermes_state.py, tests/test_session_vacuum_config.py, website/docs/user-guide/sessions.md

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2

#56603 fix(gateway): set ended_at on expired gateway sessions to bound state.db growth · done elsewhere → 9fc0074
#56998 feat(cli): add hermes sessions subcommand exposing backend session lifecycle commands · done elsewhere → 040a5e3

Closed issues · 1

Closed#54189state.db unbounded growth: no session lifecycle/cleanup mechanism

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Subsystem: agent
Merged PRs: #101316
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 2 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked: 2 Sep 2026

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