# NousResearch/hermes-agent · fixing ghost rows and duplicate entries in agent

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs where interrupted-scaffold placeholder rows self-replicate and consecutive redirect checkpoints appear as duplicates within a single agent turn. The work involves deduplication and preventing unwanted row multiplication in the agent UI.

## 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 #82579. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #82579 (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-82579`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #81841: Bug: ghost '\[This response was interrupted by a user correction.\]' assistant rows self-replicate (incomplete fix from #73146)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#82579: fix(agent): stop interrupt-scaffold ghost rows from self-replicating**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_run_agent.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_steer.py`
- **#81862: fix(agent): stop interrupt-scaffold ghost rows from self-replicating**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#82579`
- **#82217: fix(agent): dedupe consecutive redirect checkpoints in one turn (#81841)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#81841`, `#82579`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #82579 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-09`.