# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Root-owned files breaking updates security issue

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #102193: \[security\] hermes update creates root owned files at every update, breaking functionality
- PR #102320: fix(update): refuse update on root-owned repo tree, not just venv (fixes #102193)

These items address a problem where the update process creates root-owned files, breaking functionality. They involve detecting and refusing or fixing updates when root-owned paths are present in the repo tree or virtual environment.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #102193: \[security\] hermes update creates root owned files at every update, breaking functionality

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#102258: update_cmd: fix root-owned files after update**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `516dc1e4ecd88f2c6482352adc24c27c70cc2bea`, `63279301bcbdc185c1b07b98a9312eb0c862f26d`, `#102193`, `#102172`, `#91212`, `#90789`, `#102199`, `#100003`
- **#102320: fix(update): refuse update on root-owned repo tree, not just venv (fixes #102193)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#102258`, `#102193`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`

## Fix status

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