# NousResearch/hermes-agent · ACP compress endpoint loses compacted state on restart

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #76215: \[Bug\]: ACP /compress loses compacted state on restart; session/load restores the stale transcript
- PR #76224: fix(acp): persist compacted state via in-place compaction on /compress
- PR #88364: fix(acp): keep compaction on the client session

These items address a bug where the ACP /compress endpoint does not persist compacted state, causing session reload to restore stale transcript data. Fixes involve in-place compaction persistence and retaining compaction on the client session.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #76215: \[Bug\]: ACP /compress loses compacted state on restart; session/load restores the stale transcript

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#76224: fix(acp): persist compacted state via in-place compaction on /compress**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `28d12176d0ab`, `#76215`, `#76224`, `#374151`
  - files: `acp_adapter/server.py`, `tests/acp/test_server.py`
- **#88364: fix(acp): keep compaction on the client session**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#110763`
  - files: `acp_adapter/commands.py`, `acp_adapter/session.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/acp/test_server.py`, `tests/acp/test_session.py`
- **#110763: fix(acp): make manual compression durable**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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