# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cold-start git add timeout and index lock issues

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #127732: \`checkpoint_manager\`: a project with no ref can never build one (cold \`git add -A\` exceeds the timeout cap), and the timeout leaves an index lock that wedges the project permanently
- PR #127742: fix(tools): reap the stale index lock a timed-out git add leaves behind

These items concern a scenario where a project with no git ref causes a cold 'git add -A' to exceed its timeout budget, and the resulting stale index lock permanently blocks further operations. The cluster addresses both giving this cold-start path its own timeout budget and cleaning up the orphaned lock file.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #127732: \`checkpoint_manager\`: a project with no ref can never build one (cold \`git add -A\` exceeds the timeout cap), and the timeout leaves an index lock that wedges the project permanently

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127742: fix(tools): reap the stale index lock a timed-out git add leaves behind**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_checkpoint_manager.py`, `tools/checkpoint_manager.py`
- **#127857: checkpoint: give the no-ref cold-start staging add its own budget**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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