# NousResearch/hermes-agent · cost_status stickiness fixes and desktop display

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #67764: \[Bug\]: cost_status overwritten on every API call across SQL, in-memory, and /insights aggregations
- PR #67790: fix(agent): sticky cost_status priority ladder (#67764)
- PR #67804: fix(agent): make cost_status sticky by priority (#67764)

Multiple fixes address cost_status being overwritten on each API call, implementing a priority-based sticky behavior. A related feature adds running session cost display to the desktop status bar.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #67764: \[Bug\]: cost_status overwritten on every API call across SQL, in-memory, and /insights aggregations

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#67790: fix(agent): sticky cost_status priority ladder (#67764)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#67764`, `#67770`, `#67774`
  - files: `agent/codex_runtime.py`, `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `agent/insights.py`, `agent/usage_pricing.py`, `hermes_state.py`, `tests/test_cost_status_priority_ladder.py`, `tests/tools/test_delegate.py`, `tools/delegate_tool.py`
- **#67804: fix(agent): make cost_status sticky by priority (#67764)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/codex_runtime.py`, `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `agent/insights.py`, `agent/usage_pricing.py`

## Fix status

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