# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Guard updates against unsafe Git states

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address cases where the update command proceeds despite active or incomplete Git operations such as interactive rebases, leading to misleading state reports or corrupted working trees. The focus is on detecting and refusing updates when the repository is not in a clean, safe condition.

## 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 #126166. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #126166 (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-126166`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #124644: hermes update switches to main under a stopped interactive rebase and leaves .git/rebase-merge (a later  rolls the update back)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126166: hermes update tells the truth about git state: no false divergence, no update under a rebase, no 'complete' with a parked patch, works from a PM venv**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/_early_recovery.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_stash.py`, `hermes_cli/update_owning_install.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/git/test_foreign_state.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/git/test_local_modifications.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/git/test_truthful_outcome.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/pm/test_stamps_and_doctor.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_autostash.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_diverged_rescue_ref.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_owning_install.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_parked_branch_guard.py`
- **#124660: fix(update): refuse active Git operations before checkout**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `044a70d95e22c395e88b7570299ba56e9cb8a2a0`, `#4735`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #126166 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.