# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Default profile path and session name resolution fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address bugs where the default '.hermes' profile directory was not recognized correctly, causing session failures and profile-not-found errors. The fixes involve treating '.hermes' as the default profile name and resolving session names from home paths.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #106309. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #106309 (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-106309`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #105228: \[Bug\]: Errors in new and existing sessions in the default profile

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106309: fix(tui): a default-profile session on a named-profile backend no longer fails with \`Profile '.hermes' does not exist\` (#105228, #105590; salvage #105310, dup #105591)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_constants.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_default_profile_session_name.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_profile_target_unavailable.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_prompt.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_session.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`, `tui_gateway/session_workdir.py`
- **#105252: fix(tui,profiles): treat ".hermes" dir name as default profile (#105228)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#105310`, `#105228`
- **#105310: fix(tui): resolve default profile session names from home paths**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `c402bcf1d8`, `#106309`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #106309 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-09`.