# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skill symlink test skipping when unavailable

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address handling and testing the code path where skill symlink tests are skipped due to symlinks being unavailable. Coverage includes the skip logic and a NameError raised in that path.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #14995: test_skill_commands symlink-unavailable skip path raises NameError

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#19482: test(skills): cover symlink skip path**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `ff078738ea0108548fc9c147140942fbeab7c833`, `#14995`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#15007: fix(tests): skip skill symlink tests when symlinks are unavailable**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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