# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix stale runtime backup sweep deleting live venv paths

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the runtime backup sweep incorrectly deletes parked runtime trees that are still referenced by the active virtual environment. The fix preserves backups that the live venv points to by path.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #119366: managed_uv: _sweep_stale_runtime_backups() can delete a parked runtime tree that the live venv still references by path

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#119374: fix(cli): preserve referenced runtime backups**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#119366`
- **#127415: fix(cli): skip stale runtime backup sweep when live venv references it by path**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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