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Session database auto-prune default and operator warnings

Cluster 57752 · agent. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #139762 on 16 Oct 2026. Check it covers your case.

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The members share one theme: session-DB auto-prune (with VACUUM) being opt-in and off by default, and how operators are told about it. One member reports the lack of a warning, while the other two are pull-request-style titles that mention warning operators or asking once when disk space runs low.

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  • #139762 Auto-prune is opt-in again; Hermes asks once when the disk runs low (fixes #57752)

    merged to main

    files: apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-slash-registry.json, apps/desktop/src/store/agent-notices.ts, apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts, apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json, cli-config.yaml.example, gateway/run.py, gateway/run_busy.py, gateway/run_housekeeping_disk.py, gateway/session_commands.py, gateway/session_controls.py, gateway/slash_commands.py, hermes_cli/cli_commands_session_tools.py, hermes_cli/cli_tui_runtime_mixin.py, hermes_cli/commands.py, hermes_cli/commands_platforms.py, hermes_cli/config_defaults.py, hermes_cli/prune_advisor.py, hermes_cli/slash_exec.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_prune_advisor.py, tui_gateway/contracts/events.py (+7 more)

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: other 1

  • #57753 fix(sessions): warn operators when auto_prune is off by default · other → 73f6836, #101316
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#57752Session-DB auto-prune+VACUUM is opt-in, off by default, with no operator warning
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  • Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item 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.

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16 Oct 2026

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