# NousResearch/hermes-agent · SQLite restore path escaping and safety fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs where special characters (# and percent signs) in file paths could cause SQLite restore operations to misinterpret the source, potentially overwriting a healthy database. Fixes involve properly escaping or percent-encoding paths in SQLite URIs and adding guards against restoring from corrupt or misidentified sources.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #124066. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #124066 (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-124066`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #122209: SQLite restore misinterprets # and percent escapes in paths and can erase the live database

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124066: fix(backup): restore never replaces a healthy database with a corrupt or #-path source**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/backup.py`, `hermes_cli/backup_restore.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_restore_source_integrity.py`
- **#122215: fix(backup): escape SQLite restore source paths**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `36cbf4c0768b8d056b1d5a38bd5475a777cc5ff8`, `#124066`
- **#122692: fix(backup): percent-encode paths in SQLite read-only URIs (#122209)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `36cbf4c0768b8d056b1d5a38bd5475a777cc5ff8`, `#124066`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #124066 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-26`.