# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Profile deletion fixes: log locks and cleanup

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple fixes addressing profile deletion on Windows, particularly releasing held log file locks before deletion proceeds. Also includes related cleanup of session/routing identity on profile deletion.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113311. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113311 (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-113363`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #112538: Windows: Desktop profile delete fails with WinError 32 on logs/.__agent.lock held by the deleting serve process

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113311: fix(profiles): deleting a profile purges its session/routing identity (#112727, salvage #112728)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `gateway/control_socket.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/run_profile_reconcile.py`, `gateway/session.py`, `hermes_cli/profile_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/profile_identity.py`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/profile.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/profiles.py`, `hermes_state_gateway.py`, `tests/gateway/test_profile_identity_purge.py`, `tests/gateway/test_purge_profile_routing.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_identity_purge_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_profile_delete_settlement.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_purge_profile_state.py`, `website/docs/reference/profile-commands.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/profiles.md`
- **#113363: fix(profiles): renamed profile keeps rollback history, Windows delete releases its log locks, stopped profile is not 'Start failed', mirror follows the active profile (#112973 #112538 #112517 #112844)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `gateway/mirror.py`, `gateway/status.py`, `hermes_cli/profile_identity.py`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/messaging.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/status.py`, `hermes_logging.py`, `tests/gateway/test_mirror.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_delete_log_handlers.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_rename_checkpoints.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_messaging_stale_runtime.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_profile_unification.py`, `tests/test_hermes_logging.py`, `tools/checkpoint_manager_profile_rename.py`, `website/docs/reference/profile-commands.md`
- **#112542: fix(profiles): release routed log locks before deletion**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `3b5456ec64`, `#113363`
- **#112543: fix(profiles): release routed log handlers held by this process before deleting a profile**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `3b5456ec64`, `#113363`
- **#113087: fix(profiles): Desktop profile delete on Windows no longer fails on held log locks (#112538, salvage #112542, #112543)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `43e28551bb36`, `#113363`, `#113311`, `#112538`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113311 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.