# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Unversioned config migration fix in boot maintenance

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #123555: \[Bug\]: boot maintenance calls an unversioned config.yaml 'older than v12' and never migrates it
- PR #123556: fix(update): boot maintenance migrates an unversioned config instead of calling it sub-floor
- PR #134318: fix(cli): boot maintenance migrates an unversioned config instead of refusing it

These items address a bug where boot maintenance incorrectly handles unversioned config.yaml files, either refusing them or mislabeling them as older than a specific version instead of migrating them properly.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #123555: \[Bug\]: boot maintenance calls an unversioned config.yaml 'older than v12' and never migrates it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#123556: fix(update): boot maintenance migrates an unversioned config instead of calling it sub-floor**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/post_update.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_post_update.py`
- **#134318: fix(cli): boot maintenance migrates an unversioned config instead of refusing it**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#123556`
  - files: `hermes_cli/post_update.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_post_update_unversioned_config.py`

## Fix status

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