# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS metadata files disrupting tool install flattening

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #124547: \[Bug\]: macOS .DS_Store breaks pm tool install — flatten_single_dir skips flattening, node fails verification ("bin/node missing"), Hermes can't start after update
- PR #124556: fix(pm): unmask a staged wrapper when Finder metadata joins the tree
- PR #124571: fix(pm): see through OS metadata when flattening a staged tool

These items address a bug where macOS-generated metadata files (such as .DS_Store) interfere with the package manager's directory-flattening logic during tool installation, causing verification and startup failures. The fixes adjust the flattening logic to ignore or look past OS metadata entries.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #124547: \[Bug\]: macOS .DS_Store breaks pm tool install — flatten_single_dir skips flattening, node fails verification ("bin/node missing"), Hermes can't start after update

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124556: fix(pm): unmask a staged wrapper when Finder metadata joins the tree**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `216bb73a7c`
  - files: `pm/store.py`, `tests/pm/test_archive_safety.py`
- **#124571: fix(pm): see through OS metadata when flattening a staged tool**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `pm/store.py`, `tests/pm/test_archive_safety.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/bootstrap-installer`