# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway SessionDB error handling and data safety

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address how the gateway handles SessionDB initialization errors, including preventing permanent caching of unavailable sessions, retrying unsuccessful opens, and protecting canonical data when state.db repair is unsuccessful.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #93353. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93353 (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-93353`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #93088: \[Bug\]: gateway permanently caches unavailable SessionDB after init failure

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93353: fix(state): failed state.db repair no longer destroys canonical data; gateway retries failed SessionDB opens (#93064, #93088)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/readiness.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/session.py`, `gateway/session_db_recovery.py`, `gateway/status.py`, `hermes_state.py`, `tests/gateway/test_readiness.py`, `tests/gateway/test_session_db_recovery.py`, `tests/test_state_db_repair_non_destructive.py`, `tests/test_state_db_write_durability.py`
- **#93114: fix(gateway): restore session history after transient database failure**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `6dddecead`, `fbbab491d`, `79b0fde89`, `#93353`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93353 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-24`.