# NousResearch/hermes-agent · hermes sessions subcommands exit codes on failure

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The three members all concern \`hermes sessions\` subcommands (such as repair, optimize, optimize-storage, archive, export, and refused bulk actions) returning exit code 0 when they fail, with proposed changes to return non-zero. Titles alone do not show whether any change has been merged or verified.

## 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 #144767. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #144767 (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-144767`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #123322: \[Bug\]: hermes sessions repair / optimize / optimize-storage / archive exit 0 when they fail

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#144767: hermes sessions failures exit 1 instead of 0 (salvage #123323)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/sessions_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/sessions_cmd_repair_profiles.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_sessions_export_backup_round_trip.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_sessions_failure_exit_codes.py`
- **#123323: fix(sessions): repair, optimize, export and refused bulk actions exit non-zero on failure**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `46adcf7d408`, `#144767`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #144767 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-26`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`