# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Disk cleanup: protect committed test files in git worktrees

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address a bug where disk cleanup incorrectly classified and deleted committed test_* files located inside git worktrees or checkouts. The work involves fixes and follow-ups to ensure such files are never treated as disposable.

## 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 #116945. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116945 (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-116945`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #115295: fix(disk-cleanup): git-committed test_* files inside Git worktrees/checkouts still auto-deleted (follow-up to #114770)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116945: fix(disk-cleanup): committed test_* files inside git worktrees are never auto-deleted (#115295, salvage #115307)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `plugins/disk-cleanup/disk_cleanup.py`, `tests/plugins/test_disk_cleanup_plugin.py`
- **#115307: fix(disk-cleanup): never classify test_* files inside git worktrees as disposable**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `8cc183e1e1ec`, `#116945`, `#115295`, `#115307`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116945 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.