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Preserve pending messages during shutdown or FTS failure

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 72680 · gateway

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #73331. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #73331. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These issues and pull requests address data loss scenarios where pending or in-flight messages are discarded during shutdown or when full-text search corruption occurs. The work focuses on persisting or retaining unrecoverable messages before clearing internal buffers.

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  • #73331 fix(gateway): flush pending messages to disk before shutdown clear (#72680)

    merged to main

    files: gateway/platforms/base.py, gateway/run.py, gateway/shutdown_flush.py, tests/gateway/test_shutdown_flush.py

  • #82633 fix(gateway): make session identity durable so chat continuity survives crashes and restarts

    merged to main

    files: gateway/session.py, hermes_state.py, tests/gateway/test_session_continuity_82616.py

  • #82718 fix(gateway): spool pending-queue overflow to disk instead of dropping messages

    merged to main

    files: gateway/session.py, gateway/shutdown_flush.py, tests/gateway/test_pending_queue_spool.py

  • #82719 fix(state): keep canonical writes available when FTS is corrupt (#78182)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_state.py, hermes_state_common.py, hermes_state_schema.py, hermes_state_search.py, tests/state/test_fts_runtime_rebuild.py

5 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: closed without comment 2 · merged via another change 2 · other 1

  • #72704 fix(gateway): persist transcript retries across restarts · closed without comment
  • #72732 fix(state): keep canonical writes available when FTS is corrupt · merged via another change → #82719, #78182, #82633, #82718
  • #73020 fix(gateway): flush pending messages to disk before shutdown clear (#72680) · merged via another change → #73331
  • #73171 Fix #72680: preserve unpersisted pending messages before shutdown clear (data loss) · other
  • #73400 Fix #72680 (retargeted per #73171 review): preserve agent._session_messages on shutdown flush failure · closed without comment
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#72680[Bug] Gateway _pending_messages.clear() discards unrecoverable messages on shutdown - FTS corruption data loss
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gateway
Merged PRs
#73331, #82633, #82718, #82719
Closed issues
1
Attempts
5 PRs closed without merging
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9 Aug 2026

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