# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Guard canonical Bot Chat from auto-title renaming

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a gap where the auto-titler could still rename a canonical Bot Chat when its title source is 'derived'. The work focuses on strengthening the rename guard to cover this case.

## 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 #101206. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #101206 (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-101206`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #99517: \[Bug\]: Auto-titler can still rename a canonical Bot Chat when title_source is 'derived' — gap in #95397's rename guard

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101206: fix(sessions): the auto-titler can no longer rename a canonical Bot Chat whose title is derived-provenance**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_state.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_canonical_title_guard.py`
- **#99560: fix(sessions): protect canonical Bot Chat from auto-title**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `89e2e4f572`, `#101206`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #101206 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.