# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Stable update ancestry probe timeouts in git merge-base checks

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #139091: \[Bug\]: stable update 10s merge-base probe times out even when both commits are local (partial clone, commit-graph writes disabled)
- PR #139506: fix(update): answer the ancestry probe locally after one commit-graph write

The members concern the stable update path's 10-second git merge-base/ancestry probe timing out, including when commits are local in a partial clone with commit-graph writes disabled. They include a bug report and several change proposals with different approaches (tolerating timeouts, answering locally after a commit-graph write, avoiding refusal of the stable channel); outcomes are not established here.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #139079. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #139079 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #139091: \[Bug\]: stable update 10s merge-base probe times out even when both commits are local (partial clone, commit-graph writes disabled)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#139079: hermes update no longer refuses the stable channel when git is slow to find the unfetched release (#137646, salvage #137649)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/source_releases.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_chat_native.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_stable_forward_only_shallow.py`
- **#139107: fix(update): tolerate stable ancestry probe timeouts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `3bdb82d6ec`, `#139079`, `#137649`
- **#139506: fix(update): answer the ancestry probe locally after one commit-graph write**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/source_releases.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_stable_forward_only_shallow.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_stable_probe_commit_graph.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #139079 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-15`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`