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staged memory approval deletes wrong entry silently

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #121275 on 24 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A bug where approving a staged memory removal or replacement could silently affect a different, newer entry than the one the approver actually reviewed. These items track the bug report and fixes to make staged destructive approvals target only the exact reviewed entry.

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  • #121275 Approving a staged memory replace/remove changes only the reviewed entry (#120841, salvage #120842)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/write_approval_commands.py, tests/tools/test_memory_tool.py, tests/tools/test_write_approval.py, tools/memory_tool.py, tools/memory_tool_store.py, website/docs/user-guide/features/memory.md

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2

  • #120842 fix(memory): pin a staged replace/remove to the entry the approver reviewed · done elsewhere → 88dee3e, #121275, #120868
  • #120868 fix(memory): make staged destructive approvals exact · done elsewhere → 88dee3e, #121275, #120842
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#120841[Bug]: approving a staged memory remove deletes a newer entry the approver never saw, silently
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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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24 Sep 2026

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