# NousResearch/hermes-agent · File sync temp tar leak on hard kill

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where a hard-killed sync-back operation leaves a temporary tar archive on disk that grows until the disk fills, preventing the agent from starting. The members address detection and cleanup of these stale temporary archives.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #111358. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111358 (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-111358`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #110812: file_sync: a hard kill leaks the sync-back temp tar (full-tree, uncompressed) until the disk is full and the agent cannot start

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111358: fix(file-sync): a hard-killed sync-back no longer leaks its temp tar until the disk fills (#110812, salvage #110817)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_file_sync_back.py`, `tools/environments/file_sync.py`
- **#110817: fix(file-sync): clean stale sync-back temporary archives**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111358 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.