# NousResearch/hermes-agent · compression and git payload test isolation fixes

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #128481: fix(pm): don't treat a git checkout as a sealed payload

These members address test isolation and correctness around compression and git checkout handling, including guarding real file I/O in tests and preventing git checkouts from being misidentified as sealed payloads.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #126816: test: TestMarkerSurvivesRealCompress does real-home file I/O under canonical runner (home_io_guard)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126837: test(compression): isolate lazy launch bootstrap in ghost-skill tests**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#128481: fix(pm): don't treat a git checkout as a sealed payload**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#126816`
  - files: `pm/environments.py`, `pm/runtime.py`, `tests/pm/test_environments.py`

## Fix status

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