diff --git a/hermes_cli/session_lost_and_found.py b/hermes_cli/session_lost_and_found.py
index 031eb98d70..bea2036ff5 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/session_lost_and_found.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/session_lost_and_found.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ from hermes_cli.session_recovery import (
 
 # Hermes session ids are timestamps (20260812_135332_ab12cd): the strongest sentinel for schema-less rows.
 SESSION_ID_PATTERN = re.compile(r"^\d{8}_\d{6}_")
-
 MESSAGE_ROLES = frozenset({"user", "assistant", "tool", "system"})
 
 # Values observed in sessions.source across gateway platforms and tooling.
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ SESSION_MODEL_USAGE_NFIELD = 18
 # Plausible unix-epoch window for started_at heuristics on legacy layouts.
 _EPOCH_LOW = 1_000_000_000.0   # 2001
 _EPOCH_HIGH = 4_000_000_000.0  # 2096
-
 SQLITE3_CLI_GUIDANCE = (
     "A last-resort page-level salvage is available when a `.recover`-capable `sqlite3` command-line shell is "
     "installed: its `.recover` command can rebuild rows into lost_and_found tables even when the table schemas are "
@@ -281,7 +279,8 @@ def map_lost_and_found_rows(lf_conn: sqlite3.Connection, dest: sqlite3.Connectio
                         # Pre-modern layout with unknown column order: salvage identity + timing only.
                         row_values = (
                             cells[0], cells[1] if _looks_like_source(cells[1]) else "recovered",
-                            _heuristic_started_at(cells), "[best-effort recovered] legacy session row (layout unknown)",
+                            _heuristic_started_at(cells),
+                            "[best-effort recovered] legacy session row (layout unknown)",
                         )
                         inserted = dest.execute(
                             "INSERT OR IGNORE INTO sessions (id, source, started_at, title) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)",
diff --git a/hermes_cli/session_recovery.py b/hermes_cli/session_recovery.py
index 512a916263..b2640d43b6 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/session_recovery.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/session_recovery.py
@@ -20,12 +20,10 @@ from hermes_state import (FTS_STORAGE_VERSION, SCHEMA_VERSION, SessionDB, _db_op
 
 
 ProgressCallback = Callable[[dict[str, Any]], None]
-
 _CANONICAL_TABLES = (
     "system_prompts", "sessions", "messages", "session_model_usage", "compression_locks", "gateway_routing",
     "async_delegations",
 )
-
 _TOPIC_TABLES = ("telegram_dm_topic_mode", "telegram_dm_topic_bindings")
 
 
@@ -40,9 +38,7 @@ def _init_delivery_ledger_schema(conn: sqlite3.Connection) -> None:
 _AUXILIARY_TABLE_SCHEMAS: dict[str, Callable[[sqlite3.Connection], None]] = {
     "delivery_obligations": _init_delivery_ledger_schema,
 }
-
 _AUXILIARY_TABLES = tuple(_AUXILIARY_TABLE_SCHEMAS)
-
 _INVENTORY_TABLES = (*_CANONICAL_TABLES, "state_meta", *_TOPIC_TABLES, *_AUXILIARY_TABLES)
 
 # Derived-index / optional-schema markers: a fresh destination regenerates these, never copies them.
@@ -50,7 +46,6 @@ _GENERATED_META_KEYS = frozenset({
     "fts_storage_version", "fts_optimize_available", "fts_rebuild_high_water", "fts_rebuild_progress",
     "fts_cjk_stale", "fts_cjk_rebuild_high_water", "fts_cjk_rebuild_progress", "telegram_dm_topic_schema_version",
 })
-
 _SIDECAR_SUFFIXES = ("", "-wal", "-shm", "-journal")
 _MINIMUM_SPACE_HEADROOM = 256 * 1024 * 1024
 _MAX_SALVAGE_RANGE_QUERIES = 10_000
diff --git a/hermes_cli/sessions_cmd.py b/hermes_cli/sessions_cmd.py
index 118d076045..a1916f5b3b 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/sessions_cmd.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/sessions_cmd.py
@@ -929,7 +929,6 @@ def _cmd_stats(db, args):
 # -- dispatch -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 _PRE_DB_HANDLERS = {"repair": _cmd_repair, "recover": _cmd_recover, "import": _cmd_import}
-
 _DB_HANDLERS = {
     "list": _cmd_list, "export": _cmd_export, "delete": _cmd_delete, "rename": _cmd_rename, "pinned": _cmd_pinned,
     "prune": partial(_cmd_prune_or_archive, action="prune"), "pin": partial(_cmd_pin, pinning=True),