# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Minecraft backup script tar failure handling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #134910: minecraft-modpack-server: backup.sh reports success and prunes old backups after tar fails
- PR #134924: fix(skills): keep failed minecraft backups out of retention

These items address a bug where the Minecraft backup script incorrectly reported success and pruned old backups even when the tar command encountered errors. The fixes ensure backups with errors are properly detected and excluded from retention logic.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #134910: minecraft-modpack-server: backup.sh reports success and prunes old backups after tar fails

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#134924: fix(skills): keep failed minecraft backups out of retention**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `optional-skills/gaming/minecraft-modpack-server/SKILL.md`, `tests/skills/test_minecraft_modpack_backup_skill.py`
- **#134927: fix(skills): fail the minecraft backup script closed when tar fails**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#134924`, `#134910`

## Fix status

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