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Log rotation breaks cross-uid profile worker access

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1 open item. Fix merged in #126145 on 28 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and fixes concern log rotation causing ownership and inheritance problems for served profiles, where rotated log files are recreated under the rotating process's uid, locking out workers running under a different uid. Related gaps include loss of log ownership, TTS credentials, and other settings across profile boundaries.

Open issues0

No open issues.

Open PRs1

  • PR#120173fix(logging): keep cross-uid profile workers able to start after log rotation

Fixes on record

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  • #126145 Served profiles no longer inherit the launch profile's logs, log ownership, slash gating, TTS credentials or skipped .env (#125974 #120151 #121705 #120481 #125530)

    merged to main

    files: agent/agent_init.py, gateway/run_busy.py, gateway/slash_access.py, gateway/slash_commands.py, gateway/slash_commands_login.py, gateway/slash_commands_session.py, hermes_cli/env_loader.py, hermes_logging.py, tests/agent/test_setup_logging_profile_scope.py, tests/agent/test_skip_background_review.py, tests/gateway/test_multiplex_credential_isolation.py, tests/gateway/test_slash_access_dispatch.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_local_runtime.py, tests/test_hermes_logging.py, tests/tools/test_tts_command_providers.py, tests/tools/test_tts_lifecycle_leases.py, tools/tts_command_provider.py, tools/tts_tool_lifecycle.py, website/docs/user-guide/multi-profile-gateways.md

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

  • #124764 fix(logging): preserve log ownership across a rollover · done elsewhere → #120151
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#120151Per-profile log rotation recreates agent.log as the rotating process's uid, locking out workers on another uid (regression of #34107 via a 0.21.3 path)
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  • Pairwise link density 0.50: the share of item 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.

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28 Sep 2026

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