# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Terminal resize duplicates conversation in scrollback

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where resizing the terminal causes persistent output replay to re-append conversation history to the scrollback buffer, resulting in duplication. The members include the bug report and two related fix attempts addressing replay behavior relative to terminal height.

## 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 #120321. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120321 (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-120321`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #95375: Bug: persistent_output replay re-appends conversation to scrollback on terminal resize (history duplicated)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120321: fix(cli): resizing no longer re-appends the conversation to scrollback (#95375, salvage #95386)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_chat_turn_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_render.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_stream_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_terminal_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_tui_runtime_mixin.py`, `tests/e2e/core/cli_tmux/__init__.py`, `tests/e2e/core/cli_tmux/test_resize_scrollback.py`, `tests/e2e/core/terminal/test_terminal_transcript_pty.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cli_force_redraw.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cli_pet_pane.py`
- **#95386: fix(cli): bound persistent_output replay to visible terminal height**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `6d57e9ead4`, `#120321`, `#95375`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120321 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-24`.