# NousResearch/hermes-agent · In-flight marker kept after flush error

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #74284: run_agent: _persist_session clears in-flight marker when canonical flush returns False
- PR #74305: fix(agent): preserve in-flight marker on flush failure
- PR #74540: fix(state): don't clear in-flight turn marker when canonical flush fails

These items address a bug where the in-flight turn marker is incorrectly cleared when a canonical flush operation does not succeed. The fix preserves that marker so state remains consistent after an unsuccessful flush.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #74284: run_agent: _persist_session clears in-flight marker when canonical flush returns False

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#74305: fix(agent): preserve in-flight marker on flush failure**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `run_agent.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_run_agent.py`
- **#74540: fix(state): don't clear in-flight turn marker when canonical flush fails**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `a46eb155ae06`, `#74284`, `#74305`, `#74540`, `#374151`
  - files: `run_agent.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`