# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Profile isolation scope and file-tool boundaries

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #10376: Profile isolation is incomplete: --clone copies memory, and agents can read across profile boundaries

These items address gaps in profile isolation, including cross-profile read/write access, a write guard refactor, and stricter host file-tool scoping. The work centers on tightening boundaries between profiles for both memory and file operations.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #97165. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #97165 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #10376: Profile isolation is incomplete: --clone copies memory, and agents can read across profile boundaries

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#97165: refactor(profiles): retire the cross-profile write guard (−83 tok/call from patch + write_file)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/file_safety.py`, `agent/system_prompt.py`, `tests/agent/test_file_safety_cross_profile.py`, `tests/tools/test_cross_profile_guard.py`, `tools/code_execution_tool.py`, `tools/file_tools.py`, `tools/skill_manager_tool.py`
- **#77605: fix(profiles): add strict host file-tool scope**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#97165`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #97165 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-28`.
- Subsystem: `agent`