# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Config migration crash on malformed nested values

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where malformed nested configuration values cause config migrations to crash and abort the entire migration ladder. The work involves making the migration process tolerant of such malformed values rather than aborting.

## 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 #116683. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116683 (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-116683`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116593: Config migrations crash on malformed nested values and abort the whole ladder

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116683: fix(config): malformed nested config values no longer abort the migration ladder (#116593, salvage #116594)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config_migrations.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config_migration_nested_guards.py`
- **#116594: fix(config): tolerate malformed nested values in config migrations**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `5daee8cbff8c`, `#116683`, `#116593`, `#116594`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116683 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.