# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows read-only Git object cleanup fixes

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #117173: fix(checkpoints): remove read-only Git objects on Windows

Multiple fixes addressing failures when deleting or cleaning up read-only Git objects on Windows, affecting checkpoints, plugins, MCP catalog, and profile distributions. The issues involve permission errors (WinError 5) when removing Git trees that Windows marks as read-only.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #117609. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117609 (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-117609`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.29`: 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

- #117170: Checkpoint cleanup fails on Windows read-only Git objects

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117609: fix(windows): Git-tree cleanup deletes read-only objects for checkpoints, plugins, MCP catalog and profile distributions (#117170 #117179 #117176 #117184, salvage #117318)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/sy0u1ti@users.noreply.github.com`, `hermes_cli/mcp_catalog.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/profile_distribution.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_mcp_catalog.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_distribution.py`, `tests/test_utils_rmtree_readonly.py`, `tools/checkpoint_manager.py`, `utils.py`
- **#117173: fix(checkpoints): remove read-only Git objects on Windows**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `ae692af0e7ba0a8eeec0d29772245b1bd501294e`, `#117609`, `#118223`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_checkpoint_manager.py`, `tools/checkpoint_manager.py`
- **#117175: fix(checkpoints): recover the write bit when clearing read-only Git objects**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#117173`
- **#117177: fix(checkpoints): handle read-only git objects on windows during cleanup**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#117609`
- **#117195: fix(checkpoints): handle read-only Git objects during store deletion on Windows**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `b79b530eec`, `8ec9f85ceb`
- **#117318: fix(windows): delete read-only Git trees instead of failing with WinError 5**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `8ec9f85ceb07`, `#117609`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117609 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-21`.
- Subsystem: `agent`