# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Opt-in durable checkpoint before memory compaction

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a feature allowing memory providers to require a durable checkpoint before lossy or compressive operations, with a fail-closed contract as an opt-in API mechanism.

## 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 #94639. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #94639 (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-94639`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #93986: \[Feature\]: Opt-in fail-closed pre-compress checkpoint contract for memory providers

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#94639: feat(memory): providers can require a durable checkpoint before lossy compaction (#93986, salvage #93996)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/codex_runtime.py`, `agent/conversation_compression.py`, `agent/memory_manager.py`, `agent/memory_provider.py`, `agent/native_compaction.py`, `agent/turn_finalizer.py`, `cli-config.yaml.example`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/slash_commands.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_state.py`, `hermes_state_common.py`, `run_agent.py`, `tests/agent/test_pre_compress_checkpoint_contract.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_pre_compress_memory_context.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/memory-provider-plugin.md`
- **#93996: feat(memory): opt-in fail-closed pre-compress checkpoint contract (API v1)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `1ee524f77d1c84a6ee1ae58341e633d8a9b6ef1d`, `#94639`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #94639 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-25`.