# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Reserved profile name validation and enforcement

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #17879: Profile creation accepts reserved names like 'main' (re-introduces #12099 in a corner case)
- PR #18337: fix: resolve 7 identified issues \[automated\]
- PR #109581: fix(profiles): reserve main and preserve approved distribution content

These items relate to a bug where reserved names like 'main' could be accepted during profile creation, and a fix to enforce reserved name restrictions. A third automated fix item is present but its specific scope is unclear from the title alone.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #17879: Profile creation accepts reserved names like 'main' (re-introduces #12099 in a corner case)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#17880: fix(profiles): reserve "main" + enforce _RESERVED_NAMES in create_profile**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#18337: fix: resolve 7 identified issues \[automated\]**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `88bd1c01e`, `9caa12f4e`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `gateway/platforms/email.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `optional-skills/migration/openclaw-migration/scripts/openclaw_to_hermes.py`, `tools/approval.py`, `tools/skills_tool.py`
- **#109581: fix(profiles): reserve main and preserve approved distribution content**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `e8f2a8ebcef4b77a1fa80dab6869fc7400e31139`
  - files: `hermes_cli/profile_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/profile_distribution.py`, `hermes_cli/profile_distribution_destination.py`, `hermes_cli/profile_distribution_destination_windows.py`, `hermes_cli/profile_distribution_source.py`, `hermes_cli/profile_distribution_source_windows.py`, `hermes_cli/profile_distribution_staging.py`, `hermes_cli/profile_distribution_transaction.py`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `hermes_cli/profiles_lifecycle.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_main_namespace.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/profile-distributions.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/profiles.md`

## Fix status

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