# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Retry failing config migrations instead of skipping

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #120628: Config migration failure is stamped over and never retried (v45 skipped by a stale sys.modules)

These issues and PRs address a bug where configuration migrations ending in failure were incorrectly marked as complete and never retried. The fix ensures such migrations are retried rather than silently overwritten.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #120628: Config migration failure is stamped over and never retried (v45 skipped by a stale sys.modules)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120633: fix(config): retry failed migrations**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#119662`, `#120628`
- **#122163: fix(cli): retry failed config migrations instead of stamping over them**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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