# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Reduce redundant skill-tree walks in profile listing

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address excessive CPU usage caused by list_profiles() repeatedly walking skill trees on every poll cycle, and fix related issues with missing skill directories aborting enumeration.

## 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 #114879. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114879 (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-114879`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114041: Desktop backend burns ~half a core at idle on a multi-profile / skill-heavy install: list_profiles() skill-tree walk runs on every polled caller

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114879: fix(profiles): polled profile lists no longer walk skill trees; vanished skill dirs no longer abort enumeration (#114041, salvage #114044)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/profiles.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_profiles.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_read_coalescing.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_executor_isolation.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_change_watcher.py`, `tui_gateway/change_watcher.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_complete.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_profiles.py`, `website/docs/reference/profile-commands.md`
- **#114044: fix(profiles): avoid repeated skill tree walks**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `1eb5cd61248d`, `#114879`, `#114041`, `#114044`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114879 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.