# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix verbatim few-shot examples appearing as session titles

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where the few-shot prompt examples used for title generation were being copied verbatim as session titles on vague or ambiguous opening messages. The fixes remove or adjust those copyable examples to prevent echo behavior.

## 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 #92625. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #92625 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #98926: \[Bug\]: title_generation copies the built-in few-shot example verbatim on vague opening messages

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#92625: fix(title): prompt-example echoes no longer become session titles (port qwen-code#9709)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/title_generator.py`, `tests/agent/test_title_generator.py`
- **#99548: fix(titles): remove copyable few-shot examples**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `f0d194df817e604498b68074d22cffbbd40be1ed`, `#92625`, `#98926`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #92625 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-14`.