# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Compacted chat history display and data fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs where compacted or archived chat sessions appear empty or fail to show earlier messages. Fixes span backend data retrieval, state management, and frontend rendering of compacted history.

## 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 #101470. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #101470 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #95906: \[Bug\]: Desktop 'Show earlier' dead on compacted sessions — backend data availability + frontend render-budget fixes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101470: Stop compacted chats from rendering as an empty transcript**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_state.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_display_projection_parity.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#95929: fix(state): resume display history must include compaction-archived rows**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#101470`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #101470 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.