# NousResearch/hermes-agent · tree:0 clone auto-maintenance triggers runaway lazy-fetch

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

In partial (tree:0) clones, git auto-maintenance—specifically commit-graph write --reachable—triggers an unbounded detached lazy-fetch loop, spawning thousands of git processes and consuming extreme memory. Members cover the bug report, a proposed fix to disable auto-maintenance in such clones, and related pack/commit-graph behavior.

## 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 #131679. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #131679 (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-131679`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #127711: tree:0 install clone: git auto-maintenance (commit-graph write --reachable) triggers unbounded detached lazy-fetch loop — 2,000+ git procs, 130 GB RSS on macOS / git 2.54

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#131679: A partial clone's .git stops growing: lazy-fetch packs fold on update and the commit-graph loop is off (#129712, salvage #129724, #127721)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gitlock.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_check.py`, `scripts/install.ps1`, `scripts/install.sh`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gitlock.py`, `website/docs/getting-started/updating.md`
- **#127721: fix(install): disable auto maintenance in tree:0 clones**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `73c17151f61`, `4e3fcd5cd7e`, `#131679`, `#127711`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #131679 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-02`.