# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Curator rollback errors leave staged metadata inconsistent

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where a rollback encountering errors in the curator causes staged metadata or originals to be incorrectly discarded or excluded from subsequent operations. The work focuses on preserving staging state properly when rollback recovery encounters errors.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #124221. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #124221 (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-124221`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #122210: Curator rollback deletes unrestored staged originals after filesystem move failures

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124221: fix(curator): keep a failed rollback's staged metadata out of the next prune**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/curator_backup.py`, `tests/agent/test_curator_backup.py`, `tests/agent/test_curator_rollback_staging.py`
- **#122217: fix(curator): retain staging after failed rollback recovery**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `e2c510c541`, `#124221`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #124221 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-26`.