Disk-cleanup deleting protected top-level directories
Cluster 114552. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #114770 on 18 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114770. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #114770. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
A bug where the disk-cleanup process incorrectly removes protected top-level directories such as the cache folder and kanban attachments. The cluster covers the bug report and related fixes to guard those paths from deletion.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#114770 fix(disk-cleanup): protected top-level dirs like cache/ survive cleanup; kanban/ is never tracked (#114552, supersedes #114555)
files:
plugins/disk-cleanup/README.md,plugins/disk-cleanup/disk_cleanup.py,tests/plugins/test_disk_cleanup_plugin.py,website/docs/user-guide/features/built-in-plugins.md
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1
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#114555 fix(disk-cleanup): protect durable tracked paths · superseded by another PR →
33f3d96,#114770,#114552,#114555
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#114552[Bug]: disk-cleanup's tracked-item delete path rmtree's protected top-level dirs — wipes $HERMES_HOME/cache (breaks terminal snapshots) and kanban attachments
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- Merged PRs
- #114770
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 1 PR closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 18 Sep 2026