The tui_gateway/run_agent writers now stamp profile_name explicitly, but
every OTHER creation path that passes no profile_name (cli.py /new,
hermes_cli/main.py --create-if-missing, foreign-session import, ACP
adapter, gateway branch/title paths, the #82616 peer self-heal INSERT,
and compression children of legacy NULL parents) still minted
profile_name = NULL rows. Rows minted NULL after the one-shot #94724
legacy-owner backfill ran stayed NULL forever: profile-keyed consumers
(desktop sidebar scope matching, @session:<profile>/<id> deep links, the
fail-closed owner ladder) treat NULL as unowned, so the sessions vanished
from the sidebar with their transcripts intact (#99222).
Fix the class at the choke point instead of chasing call sites: every
profile-tree state.db belongs to exactly one profile, so
SessionDB._insert_session_row (and the peer self-heal INSERT and the
compression-child publisher) derive the store's own profile from db_path
when the caller names none — <root>/state.db -> 'default',
<root>/profiles/<name>/state.db -> <name>. The same single-match contract
backfill_null_session_profiles and the web listing's row_profile stamp
already rely on. Explicit profile_name arguments always win; stores
outside the profile tree (tests, ad-hoc copies) keep NULL — never guess.
E2E-verified with real imports against a temp HERMES_HOME:
before (origin/main) a bare create_session on the default store persisted
NULL; after, 'default' / '<profile>' land in state.db for the default
store, a named-profile store, the peer self-heal insert, and a
compression child of a NULL parent, while explicit args and
outside-tree stores are unchanged.
Refs #99222
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