# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Exclude browser_profiles directory from backup archives

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the Browser Use CLI browser_profiles directory, which may contain saved Chromium credentials and cookies, was being included in backup archives. The fix adds an exclusion rule to prevent that directory from being archived.

## 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 #117496. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117496 (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-117496`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #117346: \[Bug\]: backup does not exclude HERMES_HOME/browser_profiles/ — Browser Use CLI profile with saved Chromium passwords and cookies lands in every archive

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117496: fix(backup): stop archiving the Browser Use CLI browser_profiles credential dir (#117346, salvage #117353)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/backup.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_backup.py`, `tests/tools/test_browser_real_profile.py`, `website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md`
- **#117353: fix(backup): exclude Browser Use CLI browser_profiles from archives**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `2520eb7c0de2`, `#117496`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117496 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-21`.