# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Git permission errors during update/autostash

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #102172: \[Bug\]: hermes update --backup FAILS with insufficient permission to database .git/objects
- PR #102199: fix(updater): stop late autostash failures on sudo-owned installs

These issues concern permission-related failures when updating on sudo-owned or restricted installs, specifically around access to .git/objects. They cover improving error messages and fixing autostash behavior in these scenarios.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #102172: \[Bug\]: hermes update --backup FAILS with insufficient permission to database .git/objects

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#102199: fix(updater): stop late autostash failures on sudo-owned installs**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#102208`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_repo_ownership_preflight.py`
- **#102208: update_cmd: improve error message for git permission errors on .git/objects**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#102199`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`