# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI session duplication bug on cold resume commands

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where using /new, /resume, or /branch immediately after a cold resume causes the persisted transcript to be duplicated. The fix involves passing conversation_history during the flush operation.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #68553. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #68553 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-68553`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #68454: Cold resume + immediate /new, /resume, or /branch duplicates persisted transcript (sibling of #68196)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#68553: fix(cli): pass conversation_history on /new /resume /branch flush**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_commands_mixin.py`, `tests/agent/test_session_rotation_flush_cold_resume_68454.py`, `tests/cli/test_branch_command.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_resume_command.py`
- **#68480: fix(cli): pass conversation_history on /new /resume /branch flush**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#68553`, `#68205`
- **#68496: fix(cli): pass conversation_history to prevent session duplication on cold resume (#68454)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `1c0a57832`, `#68553`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #68553 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-22`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`