# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Symlink handling bugs in patch V4A Delete/Move

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues concern incorrect behavior in patch V4A where Delete and Move operations act on symlink targets rather than the symlinks themselves, and related guard logic also vets the link target incorrectly.

## 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 #124256. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #124256 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #123824: \[Bug\]: patch V4A \`Delete File\` on a symlink deletes the file it points to, and \`Move File\` renames the target

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124256: fix(patch): V4A Delete/Move act on a symlink itself, and the guards vet the link**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/file_safety.py`, `agent/runtime_self_protection.py`, `tests/tools/test_file_operations_delete.py`, `tests/tools/test_file_tools_cwd_resolution.py`, `tools/file_operations.py`, `tools/file_tools.py`, `tools/file_tools_paths.py`
- **#123825: fix(patch): V4A Delete and Move act on a symlink itself, not the file it points to**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#124256`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #124256 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-26`.
- Subsystem: `agent`