# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Doctor WAL/delete journal mode detection improvements

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address how \`hermes doctor\` handles databases where a configured \`journal_mode=delete\` never took effect, including surfacing clearer signals and identifying which processes are holding the database file.

## 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 #113116. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113116 (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-113116`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111729: \[Bug\]: \`hermes doctor\` shows a plain "WAL journal mode" line for a database whose \`database.journal_mode: delete\` never took effect — the only signal is a once-per-process log line, and nothing names the processes holding the file

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113116: fix(doctor): name the processes holding a WAL database that journal_mode=delete never converted (#111729)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/doctor_platform.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor_journal_modes.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`
- **#104714: fix(doctor): flag a configured journal_mode=delete that never took effect**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `#111389`, `#100896`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113116 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.