# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix 'Show earlier' missing opening user message

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a regression where the 'Show earlier' feature reaches the top of a conversation but fails to display the opening user turn. The work focuses on ensuring that first user message is included when scrolling back through 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 #128394. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #128394 (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-128394`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #96875: Regression: #96606 made 'Show earlier' reach the top, but the opening USER message is still missing

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128394: fix(desktop): reach the opening user turn when Show-earlier hits the top**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/transcript-backfill.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/transcript-backfill.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/transcript-window.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/list.test.ts`
- **#97094: fix(desktop): keep the opening user message on Show earlier**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#128394`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #128394 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-01`.