# NousResearch/hermes-agent · File sync-back data corruption and atomicity fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #123354: Remote sync-back corrupts host files when a copy fails after truncation
- PR #123355: fix(file-sync): preserve host files when sync-back writes fail
- PR #123402: fix(file-sync): publish sync-back atomically without dropping local metadata

These items address a bug where host files can be corrupted or lose local metadata when a remote sync-back operation fails mid-write, particularly after truncation. The work focuses on making sync-back writes atomic and preserving host file integrity on failure.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #123354: Remote sync-back corrupts host files when a copy fails after truncation

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#123355: fix(file-sync): preserve host files when sync-back writes fail**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `f49954852e03a6829ca62637881d8d4d94efdae0`, `#123402`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_file_sync_back_publication.py`, `tools/environments/file_sync.py`
- **#123402: fix(file-sync): publish sync-back atomically without dropping local metadata**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_file_sync_back_publication.py`, `tools/environments/file_sync.py`

## Fix status

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