# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Closing or archiving sessions without deleting them

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #75489: Session management: no way to close a session without deleting it
- PR #125827: feat: close sessions without deleting them — end-reasoned session.close, boundary closes, End session
- PR #136375: fix(desktop): free the session slot when a chat is archived

The three members relate to session lifecycle management: one reports that sessions cannot be closed without being deleted, one proposes a feature for closing sessions (including an end-reason and an End session action), and one concerns freeing a session slot when a desktop chat is archived. Titles alone do not show how these items relate beyond this shared theme or what their current status is.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #75489: Session management: no way to close a session without deleting it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#125827: feat: close sessions without deleting them — end-reasoned session.close, boundary closes, End session**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `c030a6607b8b8309967301572fa4085d1f4da908`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-actions-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-session-tile-delegate.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/latest-actions.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/latest-actions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/default-new-session.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/de.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/es.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/fr.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts` (+8 more)
- **#136375: fix(desktop): free the session slot when a chat is archived**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/archive-session-closes-runtime.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/session-teardown.ts`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`