# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bytecode cache falsely detected as local edits

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #130331: \[Bug\]: hermes skills update skips a hub skill forever once its scripts generate __pycache__ ("you have local edits")
- PR #130332: fix(skills): generated bytecode no longer blocks a hub skill's update
- PR #130542: fix(skills-hub): stop reading generated runtime caches as local edits (#130331)

A bug caused generated Python __pycache__ bytecode files to be mistaken for local edits, permanently blocking hub skill updates. The cluster covers the bug report and related fixes addressing this false-positive detection.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #130331: \[Bug\]: hermes skills update skips a hub skill forever once its scripts generate __pycache__ ("you have local edits")

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#130332: fix(skills): generated bytecode no longer blocks a hub skill's update**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `5a3645bd4f`
  - files: `hermes_cli/skills_hub.py`, `tests/tools/test_skills_runtime_cache.py`, `tools/skills_guard.py`, `tools/skills_sync_optional.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/skills.md`
- **#130542: fix(skills-hub): stop reading generated runtime caches as local edits (#130331)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/skill_utils.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_skills_hub.py`, `tests/tools/test_skill_bundle_provenance.py`, `tests/tools/test_skills_guard.py`, `tools/skills_guard.py`, `tools/skills_hub_install.py`, `tools/skills_sync_optional.py`

## Fix status

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