# NousResearch/hermes-agent · File upload overwrite and symlink handling fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #122120: Managed uploads can overwrite concurrent files despite overwrite=false
- PR #120620: fix(dashboard): Files delete and upload act on a symlink itself, not its target
- PR #122122: fix(web): enforce no-overwrite when publishing uploads

These issues and pull requests address bugs where file uploads could overwrite existing files despite overwrite=false settings, and where delete/upload operations acted on symlinks rather than their targets.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #122120: Managed uploads can overwrite concurrent files despite overwrite=false

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120620: fix(dashboard): Files delete and upload act on a symlink itself, not its target**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `85aba6d08be62216cdd158488d41a3fc0d0c4a55`, `89fbd722b8`, `85aba6d08be62216cdd158488d41a3fc0d0c4a55`, `85aba6d08be62216cdd158488d41a3fc0d0c4a55`, `85aba6d08be62216cdd158488d41a3fc0d0c4a55`, `85aba6d08be62216cdd158488d41a3fc0d0c4a55`, `85aba6d08be62216cdd158488d41a3fc0d0c4a55`, `85aba6d08be62216cdd158488d41a3fc0d0c4a55`, `85aba6d08be62216cdd158488d41a3fc0d0c4a55`, `85aba6d08be62216cdd158488d41a3fc0d0c4a55`, `85aba6d08be62216cdd158488d41a3fc0d0c4a55`, `85aba6d08be62216cdd158488d41a3fc0d0c4a55`, `85aba6d08be62216cdd158488d41a3fc0d0c4a55`, `85aba6d08be62216cdd158488d41a3fc0d0c4a55`, `85aba6d08be62216cdd158488d41a3fc0d0c4a55`, `85aba6d08be62216cdd158488d41a3fc0d0c4a55`, `85aba6d08be62216cdd158488d41a3fc0d0c4a55`, `a50406d9b7474b060450d2dcaff8743c977d296a`, `a50406d9b7474b060450d2dcaff8743c977d296a`, `a50406d9b7474b060450d2dcaff8743c977d296a`, `#120619`, `#475569`, `#111827`, `#475569`, `#172554`
  - files: `hermes_cli/web_routers/files.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_files.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_files.py`
- **#122122: fix(web): enforce no-overwrite when publishing uploads**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/web_routers/files.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_upload_no_overwrite.py`

## Fix status

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