# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TodoStore deduplication drops items missing explicit ids

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #83389: \[Bug\]: TodoStore.write silently drops items lacking explicit 'id' keys during deduplication
- PR #83401: fix(tools): preserve multiple todo items lacking an id in TodoStore.write
- PR #83730: fix(tools): preserve id-less todo items during dedupe
- PR #89574: fix(tools): never drop todo items that lack an id (#83389)

A bug in TodoStore.write causes todo items without explicit 'id' keys to be silently lost during deduplication. Multiple fix attempts address this by preserving or assigning synthetic ids to such items.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #83389: \[Bug\]: TodoStore.write silently drops items lacking explicit 'id' keys during deduplication

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#83401: fix(tools): preserve multiple todo items lacking an id in TodoStore.write**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_todo_tool.py`, `tools/todo_tool.py`
- **#83711: fix(todo): preserve items without explicit id during deduplication**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#83401`, `#83389`, `#83401`
- **#83730: fix(tools): preserve id-less todo items during dedupe**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#83401`, `#83389`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_todo_tool.py`, `tools/todo_tool.py`
- **#83741: fix(tools): assign unique synthetic ids in todo dedup to prevent item loss (#83389)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#83401`
- **#89574: fix(tools): never drop todo items that lack an id (#83389)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#83401`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_todo_tool.py`, `tools/todo_tool.py`

## Fix status

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