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hermes update misleads about git state and patches

Cluster 122557. Data as of 2026-10-27 11:58 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #126166 on 28 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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Fix event: A fix was merged to main in PR #126166. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
Tracker: The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #126166. That is separate from the fix event.
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These items concern the 'hermes update' command giving false or incomplete status reports: auto-stashed patches are not restored, divergence and rebase state are misrepresented, and a success message is shown despite unsettled conditions. The group focuses on making update truthfully reflect actual git and patch state.

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#126166 hermes update tells the truth about git state: no false divergence, no update under a rebase, no 'complete' with a parked patch, works from a PM venv

merged to main

files: hermes_cli/_early_recovery.py, hermes_cli/update_cmd.py, hermes_cli/update_cmd_stash.py, hermes_cli/update_owning_install.py, tests/e2e/core/upgrade/git/test_foreign_state.py, tests/e2e/core/upgrade/git/test_local_modifications.py, tests/e2e/core/upgrade/git/test_truthful_outcome.py, tests/e2e/core/upgrade/pm/test_stamps_and_doctor.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_update_autostash.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_update_diverged_rescue_ref.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_update_owning_install.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_update_parked_branch_guard.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

#122828 fix(update): name this run's unsettled autostash before any update outcome · done elsewhere → #126166

Closed issues · 1

Closed#122557[Bug]: hermes update auto-stashes local patches, never restores them, and still reports 'Update complete!'

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Merged PRs: #126166
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 28 Sep 2026

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