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Windows profile creation failures due to file locks

Cluster 121827 · hermes cli. Data as of

2 open items. Fix attempted, not merged.

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1open issue
1open PR
3items grouped
Known?
Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 0 issues already closed.
Fix event
No fix has been merged to main. 1 PR closed without merging; see the attempts below.
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Still open
1 issue and 1 PR.

These issues and fixes address failures when creating or publishing profiles on Windows, caused by transient file locks (WinError 5) that occur when external processes watch the Hermes home folder. The fixes introduce retry logic and staging profile creation outside the watched directory as mitigations.

Open issues1

  • Issue#121827Profile create fails on Windows with WinError 5 when something watches the Hermes home folder

Open PRs1

  • PR#121829fix(profiles): stage Windows profile creation outside watched home

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: closed without comment 1

  • #122562 fix(profiles): retry profile publish past transient Windows locks, copy on fallback · closed without comment
How this cluster was grouped
  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.67: 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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