# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Completed assistant turns lost on session disconnect

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where completed assistant text turns are not persisted to the state database when a session ends, causing replies to be lost after restart. A fix targeting turn persistence before the agent loop exits is referenced.

## 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 #82611. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #82611 (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-82611`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #81641: \[Bug\]: Completed-turn assistant replies are never persisted to state.db when the session disconnects/reaps — lost after Desktop restart (v0.20.0, remote serve over Tailscale / direct IP)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#82611: fix(agent): persist completed text turns before the loop exits (#81641)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_81641_text_turn_incremental_persistence.py`
- **#81692: fix(agent): persist completed text turns before the loop exits (#81641)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#82611`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #82611 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-10`.