# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Checkpoint staging of oversized disk images

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #137220: Bug: checkpoint store ingests multi-TB disk images; orphaned git add -A runs for hours after parent death (C: drive fill)
- PR #137221: fix(checkpoints): avoid staging oversized disk images
- PR #137224: fix(tools): gate checkpoint staging bytes and exclude virtual disk images

Three related items concern the checkpoint store staging very large files, such as virtual disk images, with one report describing multi-TB ingestion and long-running orphaned \`git add -A\` processes. The two fix-titled members appear to propose limiting staged bytes and excluding disk images; their status is not stated.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #137220: Bug: checkpoint store ingests multi-TB disk images; orphaned git add -A runs for hours after parent death (C: drive fill)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#137221: fix(checkpoints): avoid staging oversized disk images**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_checkpoint_manager.py`, `tools/checkpoint_manager.py`
- **#137224: fix(tools): gate checkpoint staging bytes and exclude virtual disk images**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_checkpoint_manager.py`, `tools/checkpoint_manager.py`

## Fix status

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