# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Profile distribution update overwrites user skills/cron jobs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where updating a profile distribution deletes user-added skills and cron jobs. The work focuses on preserving custom additions rather than treating the skills directory as fully owned by the distribution.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #111344. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111344 (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-111344`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #110920: \[Bug\]: profile distribution treats skills/ as fully owned, wipes bundled + custom skills on update

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111344: fix(profile): distribution update no longer deletes user-added skills or cron jobs (#110920, #25120, salvage #110933 #111179)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/profile_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/profile_distribution.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/profile.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_distribution.py`, `website/docs/reference/profile-commands.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/profile-distributions.md`
- **#110933: fix(distribution): preserve profile skills on update**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#111344`
- **#111179: Profile distribution update no longer deletes user-added skills or cron jobs (#110920, salvage #110933)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `01e42cc45f`, `4136ac741e`, `#111344`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111344 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.