# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Disk-cleanup deleting protected top-level directories

## Open now

- 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.

## 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 #114770. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114770 (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-114770`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #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

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114770: fix(disk-cleanup): protected top-level dirs like cache/ survive cleanup; kanban/ is never tracked (#114552, supersedes #114555)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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`
- **#114555: fix(disk-cleanup): protect durable tracked paths**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `33f3d96b996d`, `#114770`, `#114552`, `#114555`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114770 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.