# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Holographic memory db_path portability fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where holographic memory stores a concrete db_path causes cloned profiles to share a fact DB and renamed profiles to lose their facts. The fix stores the path using $HERMES_HOME so each profile maintains its own independent fact store.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #120062. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120062 (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-120062`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #119743: \[Bug\]: Holographic memory setup writes the profile's concrete db_path, so a cloned profile shares the source's fact DB and a renamed profile loses its facts

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120062: fix(memory/holographic): store the default fact DB path as $HERMES_HOME so clones and renames keep their own store**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `plugins/memory/holographic/__init__.py`, `tests/plugins/memory/test_holographic_profile_db_path.py`
- **#119744: fix(memory/holographic): store the default fact DB path as $HERMES_HOME, not the profile's concrete path**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `646749dd5c`, `#120062`
- **#119788: fix(memory): store holographic db_path portable so clones and renames keep their own fact DB**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `9fe737aef2dd18a351dff3c4de608d63879a6524`, `1c2734b8183eeded9e600a056471061572acc6de`, `5c6b56a866453ddeb59bbc02a0e68bbdef6c785b`, `#119788`, `#119744`, `#120062`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120062 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.