# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Session transcript re-write on resume bug fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug where resumed session transcripts lack a persistence marker, causing the full transcript to be rewritten on every turn flush. The fixes focus on stamping or preserving persistence state at load or baseline time to prevent redundant re-appending.

## 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 #92539. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #92539 (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-92539`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #92231: compression: turn flush re-writes entire transcript every turn (no _DB_PERSISTED_MARKER on resumed messages) — amplifies with adoption into exponential growth

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#92539: fix: stamp _db_persisted at row load time so resumed transcripts never re-append (#92231)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/conversation_compression.py`, `agent/turn_finalizer.py`, `hermes_state.py`, `run_agent.py`, `tests/acp/test_session.py`, `tests/agent/test_load_time_durability_stamp_92231.py`, `tests/agent/test_session_rotation_flush_cold_resume_68454.py`, `tests/test_message_reactions.py`
- **#92269: fix(session): avoid rewriting resumed transcript on turn flush**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#92231`, `#92539`
- **#92272: fix(Session): preserve turn baseline for direct persistence recovery**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#68196`, `#88551`, `#92539`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #92539 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-23`.
- Subsystem: `agent`