# NousResearch/hermes-agent · hermes update autostash skipping flat-install runtime state

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where the hermes update autostash mechanism sweeps live runtime files (state.db, snapshots, config) on flat installs where the checkout root equals $HERMES_HOME. The work focuses on making the autostash ignore those live runtime files.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #111175. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111175 (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-111175`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #110648: \[Bug\]: \`hermes update\` sweeps the live \`state.db\`/\`-wal\` on flat installs (checkout root == $HERMES_HOME) — silent transcript loss, tracked SOUL.md can stay reverted

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111175: hermes update no longer autostashes flat-install runtime state (#110648, salvage #110668)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `.gitignore`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_flat_install_state_gitignore.py`
- **#111391: fix(update): flat-install runtime state (state.db, snapshots, config) no longer swept into the autostash (#110648, salvage #110668)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `.gitignore`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_flat_install_state_gitignore.py`, `website/docs/getting-started/updating.md`
- **#110668: fix(update): ignore flat-install runtime state so autostash cannot sweep the live state.db**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#110670`, `#110670`, `#110668`, `#110648`
- **#110670: fix(cli): ignore live runtime state so hermes update autostash skips it**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#110668`, `#110648`, `#110668`, `#110668`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111175 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.