# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Checkpoint clear-legacy failure reporting fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where the \`hermes checkpoints clear-legacy\` command incorrectly reported success and exited 0 even when archive deletions were failing. The fixes ensure errors are reported and the command exits with a non-zero status code.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #112157. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112157 (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-112157`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111776: \[Bug\]: \`hermes checkpoints clear-legacy\` prints success and exits 0 even when deletions failed

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112157: fix(checkpoints): clear-legacy exits 2 and reports archives it could not delete (#111776, salvage #111784)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/checkpoints.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_checkpoints_clear_legacy.py`, `tools/checkpoint_manager.py`, `website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md`
- **#111784: fix(checkpoints): report legacy archive deletion failures**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `d1bd778a5e`, `#112157`
- **#111789: fix(checkpoints): exit 2 when clear-legacy deletions fail**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `d1bd778a5e`, `#112157`
- **#111793: fix(checkpoints): report legacy cleanup failures**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `d1bd778a5e`, `#112157`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112157 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.