# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Session deletion bugs during sweep and reload

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes relate to sessions being incorrectly deleted—either active Desktop sessions silently removed during gateway reload, or archived transcripts wrongly swept by the empty-session cleanup process.

## 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 #96401. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #96401 (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-96401`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #95868: Desktop: active non-empty sessions silently hard-deleted from sessions table during gateway reload (detached_sessions>0, no delete_session call logged)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#96401: fix(sessions): don't let the empty-session sweep delete an archived transcript**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/web_routers/sessions.py`, `hermes_state.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_empty_sweep_archived_transcript_95868.py`
- **#95961: fix(tui): keep Desktop sessions open across gateway reload**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `0bfe715e4d`, `39f1e1881a`, `#95868`, `#96092`
- **#96092: fix(sessions): don't let the empty-session sweep delete an archived transcript**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#96401`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #96401 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-27`.