Cairn
NousResearch/hermes-agent

Pruning stale shallow grafts from CLI update checks

Cluster 105951. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #108053 on 11 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

The short answer

0open issues
0open PRs
4items grouped
Known?
Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
Fix event
A fix was merged to main in PR #108053. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
Tracker
The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #108053. That is separate from the fix event.
Still open
Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address unbounded growth of .git/shallow graft entries caused by depth-1 update checks in the CLI installer, along with related fixes for stalled fetches and retry behavior on failed passive checks.

Open issues0

No open issues.

Open PRs0

No open pull requests.

Fixes on record

Merged to main. A stamp counts the issues a fix is linked to.

  • #108053 fix: update errors name the real cause; hermes update can't hang on a stalled fetch; shallow grafts pruned

    merged to main

    files: apps/desktop/electron/main.ts, apps/desktop/src/app/settings/about-settings.tsx, apps/desktop/src/app/updates-overlay.tsx, hermes_cli/gitlock.py, hermes_cli/update_cmd.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_shallow_graft_prune.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_update_fetch_timeout.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #105963 fix(cli): prune stale shallow grafts left by depth-1 update checks · merged via another change → 9ce7547, 62c3b7e, #108053
  • #108063 fix(cli): bound .git/shallow graft growth after depth-1 update checks · superseded by another PR → 9ce7547, #108053, #105951
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#105951Shallow installer clones accumulate grafts from depth-1 update checks; failed passive checks are retried on every CLI spawn
How this cluster was grouped
  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.50: the share of item 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.

Pick up a Lab task

Check whether a fix covers the open issues here, with your own agent. Bring back evidence for maintainers.

Open the Lab

At a glance

Merged PRs
#108053
Closed issues
1
Attempts
2 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked
11 Sep 2026

For your agent

The same facts, typed.

cluster/105951.json
cluster/105951.md