# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Stale FTS rebuild and repair lock cleanup

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests concern leaked or never-relinquished FTS rebuild and repair locks in state.db, including a reported case of the database bloating to 7.6GB, and several fixes aimed at reclaiming orphaned locks left by dead processes.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #100525. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #100525 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #100108: \[Bug\] state.db repeatedly bloated to 7.6GB, stale FTS rebuild locks left behind, repair locks never released

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100525: fix(state): break provably-orphaned repair/FTS-rebuild locks left by dead holders (#100108)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_state.py`, `hermes_state_common.py`, `tests/state/test_fts_rebuild_admission.py`
- **#100130: fix(state): retry deferred FTS rebuilds instead of treating leftover lock files as holders**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `fd05029430b`, `c5138618f77`, `dbb6acd333a`, `894fc35337`, `#101202`
- **#100138: fix(state): reclaim leaked FTS rebuild locks when no live process holds the DB (#100108)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#100130`, `#100130`, `#100108`
- **#103323: fix(state): reclaim leaked FTS rebuild locks when no live process holds the DB (#100108)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#100525`, `#100108`, `#100525`, `#100525`, `#100525`, `#100525`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #100525 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-01`.