# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Checkpoint rollback fixes for nested git repos

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where rollback incorrectly reported success without restoring content inside nested git repositories, which checkpoints stored as gitlinks. Fixes include refusing rollback of uncaptured nested repos, labeling their checkpoints, and correcting GIT_WORK_TREE handling in the shadow store environment.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #127839. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #127839 (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-127839`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #127073: \[Bug\]: /rollback reports success but restores nothing inside a nested git repo (checkpoints store it as a gitlink)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127839: fix(checkpoints): refuse rollback of uncaptured nested repos and label their checkpoints**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_checkpoint_gitlinks.py`, `tests/tools/test_checkpoint_manager.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tools/checkpoint_manager.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_tools.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/checkpoints-and-rollback.md`
- **#127077: fix(checkpoints): refuse rollback of uncaptured nested repos**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `f78ee1888a9dc409061e95b9eccabaa514fb6aba`, `81f481b2db39e9c3e3df8cbb063931746263eca2`, `ef2013231d3a4621e5aaea56e88b7713ec66780f`, `574816570f`, `a28a71652e`, `e590192111`, `#127073`, `#78944`, `#126916`
- **#127435: fix(checkpoint): don't set GIT_WORK_TREE in shadow store env (closes #127073)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#127073`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #127839 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-29`.