# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Dependency generation reclaim behavior in PM and Hermes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern how and whether superseded dependency generations are reclaimed during package manager maintenance, repair, and GC operations. The members explore or adjust the conditions under which generation collection occurs across different code paths.

## 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 #124968. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #124968 (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-124968`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #124668: hermes update and hermes pm repair never reclaim superseded dependency generations (only pm gc does)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124968: hermes update and hermes pm repair reclaim superseded dependency generations (salvage #124677)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/_update_takeover.py`, `hermes_cli/update_completion.py`, `pm/recovery.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/pm/test_generation_gc.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_completion_process.py`, `tests/pm/test_takeover_preparation.py`
- **#124677: fix(pm): collect generations after maintenance syncs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `388c63e24e`, `#124968`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #124968 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.