# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Curator backup skips unrestorable absolute symlinks

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #109343: fix(curator): skip absolute symlinks in skill snapshots instead of archiving unrestorable links

These issues and fixes address a problem where the curator's backup and snapshot processes would archive absolute symlinks that could not be properly restored during rollback. The proposed fix is to skip absolute symlinks rather than include them in snapshots.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #109331: Curator backup can create a snapshot its rollback rejects on absolute symlinks

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109340: fix(curator): skip absolute symlinks in backups**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#109343`, `#109331`
- **#109343: fix(curator): skip absolute symlinks in skill snapshots instead of archiving unrestorable links**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `bcce1e3301`
  - files: `agent/curator_backup.py`, `tests/agent/test_curator_backup.py`

## Fix status

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