# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Checkpoint isolation bug: container paths leaking into host

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where container terminal backends were incorrectly feeding container paths into the host checkpoint store and triggering host-side snapshot or rollback operations. The work focuses on separating container and host checkpoint state.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114923. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114923 (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-114923`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #113518: \[Bug\]: checkpoints: container terminal backends feed container paths into the host checkpoint store

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114923: fix(checkpoints): container terminal backends no longer snapshot or roll back the host tree (#113518, salvage #113530, #113539)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/tool_executor.py`, `agent/turn_explainers.py`, `gateway/slash_commands.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_commands_mixin.py`, `tests/agent/test_tool_executor_checkpoint_paths.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_diff_command.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_rollback_container_refusal.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tools/checkpoint_manager.py`, `tools/file_tools_paths.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_tools.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/checkpoints-and-rollback.md`
- **#113530: fix(checkpoints): do not feed container paths into host checkpoint storage**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `1b083b85a398`, `#114923`, `#113518`, `#113530`, `#113539`
- **#113539: fix(checkpoints): stop container rollback from touching host state**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `1b083b85a398`, `#114923`, `#113518`, `#113530`, `#113539`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114923 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.