# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Compaction loses or misrenders parent session history

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #92085: Persist the parent transcript before compaction rotates the session
- PR #101784: test(tui_gateway): pin the warm-switch display read includes compacted turns

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.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #101470. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #101470 (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-101470`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #92080: Compaction discards the parent session's conversation history

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101470: Stop compacted chats from rendering as an empty transcript**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_state.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_display_projection_parity.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#92085: Persist the parent transcript before compaction rotates the session**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#1`
  - files: `agent/conversation_compression.py`
- **#101784: test(tui_gateway): pin the warm-switch display read includes compacted turns**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#101784`, `#92080`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_live_visible_history.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #101470 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.
- Subsystem: `agent`