# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hide internal compaction text from user-facing surfaces

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address internal compaction-related strings and scaffolding being exposed in visible UI areas such as session titles and sidebars. The work involves concealing this implementation detail from end users across multiple surfaces.

## 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 #91517. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #91517 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #72452: \[Bug\]: Desktop sidebar exposes internal compaction handoff text as session titles

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#91517: fix(clients): hide compaction scaffolding across surfaces (salvage #85442)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/compaction_display.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_state.py`, `hermes_state_common.py`, `hermes_state_portability.py`, `tests/gateway/test_api_server_compaction_projection.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_topic_mode.py`, `tests/test_session_skill_previews.py`, `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#72540: fix(desktop): hide compaction envelopes from session titles**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `a2a23a8f7e`, `#91517`, `#72452`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #91517 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-21`.
- Subsystem: `agent`