# NousResearch/hermes-agent · HTTP session delete missing on-disk file cleanup

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #55100: fix(session): pass the active sessions_dir to HTTP delete endpoints for on-disk cleanup (#55088)
- PR #123272: fix(sessions): dashboard and gateway API session deletes scrub on-disk transcripts too (salvage #20685 #55100 #20342)

Session deletion via HTTP endpoints fails to remove transcript and request-dump files left on disk. These items address passing the correct sessions directory to delete endpoints and extending dashboard and gateway API deletes to also scrub on-disk transcripts.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #55088: \[P1\] HTTP session delete leaves transcript/request-dump files on disk

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#55100: fix(session): pass the active sessions_dir to HTTP delete endpoints for on-disk cleanup (#55088)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#123272`, `#20342`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/sessions.py`, `hermes_state.py`, `hermes_state_common.py`, `run_agent.py`, `tests/gateway/test_session_api.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`, `tests/test_hermes_state.py`
- **#123272: fix(sessions): dashboard and gateway API session deletes scrub on-disk transcripts too (salvage #20685 #55100 #20342)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `#55100`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/sessions.py`, `hermes_state_sessions.py`, `tests/gateway/test_session_api.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_hermes_state.py`

## Fix status

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