# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Prevent atomic writers from recreating deleted profiles

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address a bug where atomic write operations (such as late cache saves) would recreate a named profile's home directory after it had been deleted. Multiple fix attempts and related changes are grouped here.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #112653. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112653 (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-112653`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #112592: Atomic writers re-create a deleted named profile home (late cache save after hermes profile delete)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112653: Profile rename migrates session/routing identity; deleted profiles are not re-created by atomic writers (#111926, #112592; salvage #111927 #112594 #112601 #112596)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/models_dev.py`, `agent/secret_sources/_cache.py`, `cli.py`, `gateway/control_socket.py`, `gateway/lifecycle_ledger.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/run_profile_reconcile.py`, `gateway/session.py`, `gateway/shutdown_flush.py`, `hermes_cli/auth.py`, `hermes_cli/auth_oauth_grants.py`, `hermes_cli/install_identity.py`, `hermes_cli/local_runtime/supervisor.py`, `hermes_cli/models.py`, `hermes_cli/personality.py`, `hermes_cli/plugin_catalog.py`, `hermes_cli/process_identity.py`, `hermes_cli/profile_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/profile_identity.py`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py` (+26 more)
- **#112594: fix: prevent deleted profiles from being recreated by atomic writes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `9085ef967c`, `#112653`
- **#112596: fix(profiles): atomic writers no longer re-create a deleted named profile home**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `9085ef967c`, `#112653`
- **#112597: fix(utils): atomic writers refuse to resurrect a deleted named profile home**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `9085ef967c`, `#112653`, `#112594`, `#112601`, `#112596`
- **#112601: fix(utils): atomic writers and their callers refuse to resurrect a deleted named profile home**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `9085ef967c`, `#112653`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112653 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.