# NousResearch/hermes-agent · batch_runner resume skipping discarded no-reasoning samples

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where the batch_runner's --resume flag re-runs every previously discarded no-reasoning sample because the content-based resume scan cannot detect them. The proposed fix involves writing tombstone rows so that --resume can recognize and skip those discarded prompts.

## 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 #93653. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93653 (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-93653`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #93527: \[Bug\]: batch_runner --resume re-runs every no-reasoning discarded sample; the content-based resume scan never sees them

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93653: fix(batch_runner): --resume stops re-running discarded no-reasoning samples (#93527, salvage #93542 + #93579)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `batch_runner.py`, `tests/test_batch_runner_checkpoint.py`, `tests/test_batch_runner_discard_resume.py`
- **#93542: fix(batch_runner): write a discard tombstone so resume skips no-reasoning prompts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `316d52faf`, `a26154ace`, `#93527`, `#9950`, `#12997`
- **#93579: fix(batch_runner): make no-reasoning discarded samples visible to --resume (tombstone rows)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#93653`, `#93542`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93653 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-24`.