# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Retired Hermes node PATH links not cleaned up

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #126934: \[Bug\]: pre-PM installs keep the retired $HERMES_HOME/node as the user's node/npm (via ~/.local/bin links) forever — never updated, migrated or reported
- PR #126953: fix(cli): stop serving the retired node layout to users (service PATH, help text, doctor)
- PR #127172: fix(doctor): offer --fix removal of retired node PATH links

These items address a bug where old pre-PM Hermes node/npm symlinks in ~/.local/bin persist indefinitely without update, migration, or notice. The related fixes add doctor detection with --fix removal and stop exposing the retired node layout in PATH and help text.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #126934: \[Bug\]: pre-PM installs keep the retired $HERMES_HOME/node as the user's node/npm (via ~/.local/bin links) forever — never updated, migrated or reported

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126953: fix(cli): stop serving the retired node layout to users (service PATH, help text, doctor)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `#127172`
  - files: `hermes_cli/doctor_tools.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/acp.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor_retired_node_layout.py`
- **#127172: fix(doctor): offer --fix removal of retired node PATH links**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#126953`
  - files: `hermes_cli/doctor_tools.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor_retired_node_fix.py`

## Fix status

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