# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway session recovery and reset-boundary handling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #68539: Gateway session recovery resurrects ancient never-ended sessions after session_reset — nightly reset silently undone, stale context resurfaces
- PR #68795: fix(gateway): respect reset boundaries during session recovery (#68539)

Most members concern gateway session recovery respecting reset boundaries and idle time, with one issue describing older sessions being brought back after a session reset. One member covers making session identity durable across crashes and restarts, a related but somewhat different angle.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #82743. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #82743 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #68539: Gateway session recovery resurrects ancient never-ended sessions after session_reset — nightly reset silently undone, stale context resurfaces

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#82633: fix(gateway): make session identity durable so chat continuity survives crashes and restarts**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/session.py`, `hermes_state.py`, `tests/gateway/test_session_continuity_82616.py`
- **#82743: fix(gateway): session recovery honors reset boundaries and real idle time (#68617 + #78618 salvage)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/session.py`, `hermes_state.py`, `tests/gateway/test_session_store_runtime_stale_guard.py`, `tests/gateway/test_session_store_stale_prune.py`, `tests/test_hermes_state.py`
- **#68617: fix(gateway): respect reset boundaries during recovery (#68539)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#82743`, `#82633`
- **#68795: fix(gateway): respect reset boundaries during session recovery (#68539)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `ab758aa70bd6`, `#61242`, `#61489`, `#62672`, `#63068`, `#65783`, `#66264`, `#71530`, `#68617`, `#68795`, `#61220`, `#66255`, `#68539`, `#374151`
  - files: `gateway/session.py`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `hermes_state.py`, `tests/gateway/test_session_store_stale_prune.py`, `tests/test_hermes_state.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #82743 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-09`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`