# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Subagent session isolation and transcript routing fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where delegated subagents shared the parent's SessionDB caused silent transcript loss and unroutable completions. The fix gives each subagent its own dedicated SessionDB instance.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #86668. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86668 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #81267: Cron + background delegate_task: shared SessionDB use-after-close silently drops child transcripts; completions unroutable (session_key=<cli>); missing Discord send/edit-message tool

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86668: fix(delegate): subagents get a dedicated SessionDB at the parent's db_path (salvage #81605)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_delegate.py`, `tools/delegate_tool.py`
- **#81343: fix(delegate): subagents get a dedicated SessionDB, not the parent's (#81267)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#81605`
- **#81605: fix(delegate): subagents get a dedicated SessionDB, not the parent's (#81267)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86668`, `#81343`, `#81267`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86668 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `agent`