# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway cached-history guard false-fire fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a specific gateway bug where the cached-history guard incorrectly triggers on tool-use turns and alternation-merged persisted views, with fixes distinguishing durable cached transcript rows and using user-turn count to confirm actual lag.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #82744. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #82744 (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-82744`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #71999: gateway: #50502 cached-history guard false-fires every tool-use turn — alternation-merged persisted view misread as write loss

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#82744: fix(gateway): distinguish durable cached transcript rows (#77895 salvage, fixes #71999)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/TomAce7@users.noreply.github.com`, `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_cached_agent_history_guard.py`
- **#72001: fix(gateway): #50502 cached-history guard confirms lag via user-turn count — alternation-merged restores no longer false-fire**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#72001`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #82744 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-09`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`