# NousResearch/hermes-agent · In-flight turn marker causing backup exit failures

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #118062: \[Bug\]: Full backup exits 1 when desktop/interrupted_turns.json is cleared mid-archive (runtime turn marker not in _EXCLUDED_NAMES)
- PR #118078: fix(cli): skip the in-flight turn marker so a finishing turn cannot fail a complete backup

A bug where an in-flight turn marker file triggers a non-zero exit during full backup, along with related fixes to exclude that file from the archive walk and CLI processing.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #118062: \[Bug\]: Full backup exits 1 when desktop/interrupted_turns.json is cleared mid-archive (runtime turn marker not in _EXCLUDED_NAMES)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118078: fix(cli): skip the in-flight turn marker so a finishing turn cannot fail a complete backup**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#118079`
  - files: `hermes_cli/backup.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_backup.py`
- **#118079: fix(backup): exclude the in-flight turn marker from the archive walk**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#118078`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`