# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Preserving hot WAL during backup restore with damaged SQLite header

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #140053: Windows post-update restore can discard readable hot WAL after main-header damage
- PR #140055: fix(backup): let a WAL-aware probe override a mismatched SQLite header
- PR #140065: fix(backup): preserve a hot WAL when the main DB header is damaged

The three members all concern backup/restore behavior when the main SQLite database header is damaged or mismatched while a readable hot WAL exists. They include a Windows post-update restore report and two fix-oriented changes, one preserving the WAL and one letting a WAL-aware probe override the header check.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #140053: Windows post-update restore can discard readable hot WAL after main-header damage

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#140055: fix(backup): let a WAL-aware probe override a mismatched SQLite header**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/backup.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_verify_sqlite_integrity_hot_wal.py`
- **#140065: fix(backup): preserve a hot WAL when the main DB header is damaged**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/backup.py`, `hermes_cli/backup_restore.py`, `hermes_cli/post_update.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_maint.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_state_autorestore.py`

## Fix status

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