diff --git a/doList.go b/doList.go
index 09068cc..149ecc0 100644
--- a/doList.go
+++ b/doList.go
@@ -34,3 +34,20 @@ func findPatch(newpatch *forgepb.Patch) bool {
 
 	return false
 }
+
+// returns true if the patch already exists in the protobuf
+func expirePatch(newpatch *forgepb.Patch) bool {
+	// log.Info("\tlook for patch:", newpatch.CommitHash, newpatch.Namespace)
+
+	for pset := range me.forge.Patchsets.IterAll() {
+		for _, patch := range pset.Patches.Patches {
+			if patch.CommitHash == newpatch.CommitHash {
+				patch.NewHash = newpatch.NewHash
+				// log.Info("\tfound pset!!!!!!", pset.Uuid, patch.Namespace)
+				return true
+			}
+
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/handlePatches.go b/handlePatches.go
index d5b12a9..a968b7b 100644
--- a/handlePatches.go
+++ b/handlePatches.go
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ func addNewPatches(pb *forgepb.Patches, reqPB *httppb.HttpRequest) *forgepb.Patc
 	return newPatchesPB
 }
 
+func handleMergedPatches(pb *forgepb.Patches, reqPB *httppb.HttpRequest) *forgepb.Patches {
+	newPatchesPB := new(forgepb.Patches)
+	for newpatch := range pb.IterAll() {
+		if expirePatch(newpatch) {
+			newPatchesPB.Append(newpatch)
+		}
+	}
+	return newPatchesPB
+}
+
 func sendPendingPatches(pb *forgepb.Patches, reqPB *httppb.HttpRequest) *forgepb.Patches {
 	allPatchesPB := new(forgepb.Patches)
 	for pset := range me.forge.Patchsets.IterAll() {
diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index 11c0a49..2404ca6 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@ func okHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		case "/patches/new":
 			result = addNewPatches(pb, reqPB)
 			log.Infof("addNewPatches() pb.Len()=%d result.Len()=%d\n", pb.Len(), result.Len())
+		case "/patches/applied":
+			log.Info("not really anything needs to be done on applied patches?")
+			// result = handleAppliedPatches(pb, reqPB)
+		case "/patches/merged":
+			log.Info("a maintainer has merged these patches")
+			result = handleMergedPatches(pb, reqPB)
+			// result = handleAppliedPatches(pb, reqPB)
 		case "/patches/get":
 			result = sendPendingPatches(pb, reqPB)
 		default: