# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows Git runaway pack file growth fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #131444: \[Bug\]: Silent, un-owned .git runaway: 332 packs / ~180 GiB written in ~7 h on Windows, with the merged partial-clone mitigations in tree

These items concern a Windows-specific bug causing uncontrolled accumulation of pack files and index debris in .git directories, and proposed fixes to bound automatic git maintenance and reclaim orphaned artifacts left behind by the issue.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #131444: \[Bug\]: Silent, un-owned .git runaway: 332 packs / ~180 GiB written in ~7 h on Windows, with the merged partial-clone mitigations in tree

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#131447: fix(update): bound automatic git maintenance**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `4e3fcd5cd7e`, `#131679`
- **#132100: fix(update): reclaim orphaned pack-index debris a Windows fold leaves behind**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `8d6786ede9bf3260dd4fe999c59f0d237976bfc9`, `eb7e8620324b32424c06218f6a28094df2e921f8`, `#131444`, `#132093`, `#172554`

## Fix status

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