# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop retry silently truncates session history — patched

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

An issue where retrying an incomplete turn on Desktop silently truncated session history was identified and addressed across gateway and desktop layers. Multiple corrections target the same root cause through related but distinct code paths.

## 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 #86649. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86649 (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-86649`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #86573: \[Bug\]: Desktop retry of a failed turn silently truncates history via ordinal-only path — row-id guard (#83785) does not cover it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86649: fix(gateway): stop Desktop retries from silently truncating session history (#86573)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_prompt.py`
- **#86605: fix(gateway): stop Desktop retries from silently truncating session history**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86649`, `#83785`
- **#86623: fix(desktop): stop retry/restore from truncating unpersisted failed turns**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86649 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.