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Compaction loses or misrenders parent session history

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2 open items. Fix merged in #101470 on 2 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #101470. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These items concern a problem where compaction discards or fails to display the parent session's conversation history. The work involves persisting the parent transcript before compaction rotates the session and ensuring compacted chats render correctly rather than appearing empty.

Open issues0

No open issues.

Open PRs2

  • PR#92085Persist the parent transcript before compaction rotates the session
  • PR#101784test(tui_gateway): pin the warm-switch display read includes compacted turns

Fixes on record

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  • #101470 Stop compacted chats from rendering as an empty transcript

    merged to main

    files: hermes_state.py, tests/hermes_state/test_display_projection_parity.py, tui_gateway/server.py

Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#92080Compaction discards the parent session's conversation history
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2 Sep 2026

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