# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Handle rejected skill bundle errors in Hermes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #119302: hermes skills install: a rejected bundle is reported as "Stale index entry — the skill was likely renamed or removed"
- PR #119318: fix(skills): propagate rejected bundle cause through skills.sh

These issues and pull requests address how rejected skill bundles are detected and reported during installation, including propagating the rejection cause and surfacing a clearer error message when a stale index entry is encountered.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #119302: hermes skills install: a rejected bundle is reported as "Stale index entry — the skill was likely renamed or removed"

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#119305: fix(skills): distinguish rejected skill bundles**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#119302`, `#119318`, `#119305`
- **#119318: fix(skills): propagate rejected bundle cause through skills.sh**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/skills_hub.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cli_command_messages.py`, `tests/tools/test_skills_hub.py`, `tools/skills_hub_github.py`, `tools/skills_hub_skillssh.py`

## Fix status

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