Skills install crash when destination is a symlink

Cluster 21735 · skills. Data as of 2026-10-31 11:43 UTC

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An OSError occurs when the skills install destination is a symlink. The associated fixes address replacing symlink destinations during installation.

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From the close comments: done elsewhere 1 · stale or abandoned 1

#21739 fix(skills): replace symlink install destinations · stale or abandoned
#23251 fix(skills): replace force-install symlink destinations · done elsewhere → 3b9b9a7, #21735

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Closed#21735`hermes skills install` crashes with OSError when install destination is a symlink

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Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item 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.

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