# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Warn on failing sibling profile config migrations

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #109482: hermes update silently drops failed sibling profile config migrations with no visible warning
- PR #109488: fix(config): warn when sibling profile migration fails
- PR #130357: fix(update): sibling profiles' config migration names what it changed or failed

These items address a gap where sibling profile configuration migration errors during updates were silently dropped without any visible warning or diagnostic information. The fixes add warnings and reporting of what changed or encountered errors during migration.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #109482: hermes update silently drops failed sibling profile config migrations with no visible warning

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109488: fix(config): warn when sibling profile migration fails**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `ead0496865de0dc6e8a3e02a573869aa278f2a4e`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_sibling_config_migration.py`
- **#130357: fix(update): sibling profiles' config migration names what it changed or failed**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `b2ff14bcee`, `b6f6437775`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config_migrations.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_sibling_config_migration.py`, `website/docs/getting-started/updating.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/getting-started/updating.md`

## Fix status

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