# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Profile clone corrupts skill symlinks during copy

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where cloning a profile flattens skill symlinks or junctions into physical copies, risking name collisions with external skill directories. The associated fixes aim to preserve those links during the clone operation.

## 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 #114782. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114782 (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-114782`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #113471: \[Bug\]: profile create --clone flattens valid skill symlinks/junctions into physical copies, arming name collisions with skills.external_dirs (silent until a later external refresh)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114782: fix(profiles): profile clone keeps NTFS skill junctions as junctions, no external-dirs name collision (#113471, salvage #113487)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py`
- **#113487: fix(profiles): preserve skill links when cloning**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `b08fbfa0d7ac`, `#114782`, `#113471`, `#113487`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114782 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.