# NousResearch/hermes-agent · preserve user files and config during plugin updates

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address a bug where plugin update operations delete or overwrite user-owned config and data files, particularly in subdirectory installs and ignored data directories. The work focuses on carrying user state across various update modes including force-replace and staged updates.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #124261. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #124261 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-124261`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #122006: \[Bug\]: hermes plugins update deletes the user's config and data files in subdirectory installs and ignored data dirs

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124261: fix(plugins): carry user config and data across plugin updates**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/plugins_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_cmd_catalog.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_cmd_install.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_cmd_update.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_transaction.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins_cmd_catalog.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/plugin-catalog.md`
- **#122007: fix(plugins): update keeps the user's files in subdirectory installs and ignored data dirs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `393f03dbcb`, `#124261`
- **#122207: fix(plugins): preserve user state across staged updates**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `393f03dbcb`, `#124261`
- **#122710: fix(plugins): carry the user's own files across force-replace updates (#122006)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `393f03dbcb`, `#124261`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #124261 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-26`.