# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Deduplicate identical old_text entries in stage_write

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #81671: stage_write() never deduplicates: re-worded proposals with an identical old_text both land in the pending queue
- PR #81682: fix(memory): stop stage_write queueing a second copy of the same change

These issues and fixes address a bug where stage_write() queues duplicate pending changes when multiple proposals share the same old_text, without deduplication. The members propose and implement logic to prevent identical replace/remove entries from being added to the queue more than once.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #81671: stage_write() never deduplicates: re-worded proposals with an identical old_text both land in the pending queue

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81682: fix(memory): stop stage_write queueing a second copy of the same change**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#81683`, `#81671`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_stage_write_dedup.py`, `tools/write_approval.py`
- **#81683: fix(write_approval): dedup replace/remove with identical old_text in stage_write**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#81682`

## Fix status

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