# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hermes config symlink support for HERMES_HOME

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where Hermes does not accept a symlink as a valid HERMES_HOME directory. The work involves allowing Hermes to recognize and read from ~/.hermes when it is a symlink pointing to a valid Hermes directory.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #101900: \[Bug\]: Allow hermes to read ~/.hermes when ~/.hermes is a symlink to an actual/valid hermes directory

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101932: fix(config): accept symlink for HERMES_HOME (#101900)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `768f42f72ff09ff37cb857141d94405529ad9bdc`, `#101900`, `#101937`
- **#102185: fix(config): accept HERMES_HOME symlink to valid directory (fixes #101900)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#101932`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.