# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Home directory symlink and error handling fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address errors and misleading diagnostics when subdirectories in the Hermes home directory are symlinked, including a FileExistsError in ensure_hermes_home() and incorrect storage error reporting for broken links.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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 #105002. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #105002 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-105002`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #104771: bug: FileExistsError in ensure_hermes_home() when subdirectories are symlinked + misleading doctor guidance

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#105002: fix: unavailable home links report storage errors, not broken YAML (#104771)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/320556551+ca-shrimp@users.noreply.github.com`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/config_home.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_home_directory_diagnostics.py`, `website/docs/getting-started/installation.md`
- **#104774: fix(config): create broken-symlink subdir targets in ensure_hermes_home (#104771)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `768f42f72ff09ff37cb857141d94405529ad9bdc`, `e6df8675f58145be73381142f50a48ac147611f1`, `#103735`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #105002 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.