# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Compression child inheriting parent state flags

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #98979: publish_compression_child() drops hidden/pinned/archived, breaking the documented "whole chain flipped as a unit" contract
- PR #131115: fix(state): a compression segment inherits the lineage's hidden flag (canonical Bot Chat keeps its guards)

These items concern a bug where compression child segments do not inherit hidden, pinned, or archived flags from their parent lineage, violating the documented contract that the whole chain flips as a unit. The members describe the problem and proposed fixes.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #98979: publish_compression_child() drops hidden/pinned/archived, breaking the documented "whole chain flipped as a unit" contract

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99090: fix(state): publish_compression_child inherits hidden/pinned/archived flags from parent**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `6397a84a91`, `#131115`, `#130515`, `#98979`
- **#131115: fix(state): a compression segment inherits the lineage's hidden flag (canonical Bot Chat keeps its guards)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `54893a83f8`, `475fb56d04`, `#130515`
  - files: `hermes_state_compression.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_canonical_title_guard.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`