# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows profile creation failures due to file locks

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #121827: Profile create fails on Windows with WinError 5 when something watches the Hermes home folder
- PR #121829: fix(profiles): stage Windows profile creation outside watched home

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.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

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

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121829: fix(profiles): stage Windows profile creation outside watched home**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py`
- **#122562: fix(profiles): retry profile publish past transient Windows locks, copy on fallback**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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