# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Update check cache hiding pending commit list

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #23681: \[Bug\]: Update check cache hides commit list until ~/.hermes/.update_check is manually deleted
- PR #23699: fix: don't cache failed update checks; sync cache on explicit --check

The members concern the update check feature, specifically how the cached result (~/.hermes/.update_check) affects whether the pending commit list appears in --check output and the banner. One is a bug report about the list staying hidden until the cache file is deleted, and two are fixes: one to show the commit list, another to avoid caching checks that ended in errors and to sync the cache on explicit --check.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #23681: \[Bug\]: Update check cache hides commit list until ~/.hermes/.update_check is manually deleted

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#23700: fix(update): show pending commit list in --check output and banner**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#23699: fix: don't cache failed update checks; sync cache on explicit --check**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/banner.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`

## Fix status

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