# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix background delegate results lost under prune or DB failure

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where background delegate_task results can be silently lost when a state.db write fails or retention pruning removes stalling/finalizing units. The fix ensures those results survive such conditions.

## 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 #112277. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112277 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-112277`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #76605: \[Bug\]: background delegate_task can lose results under retention prune or state.db persist failure

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112277: fix(tools): background delegation results survive a failed state.db write; pruning keeps stalling/finalizing units (#76605, #112030, salvage #76606)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/tools/test_async_delegation.py`, `tools/async_delegation.py`
- **#76606: fix(tools): stop background delegate results from vanishing under prune or DB persist failure**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `27e3fc51ff`, `#112277`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112277 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.
- Subsystem: `agent`