# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix false positives in file mutation verifier diagnostics

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address false positive detections in a file mutation verifier, specifically related to cases where diagnostic-bearing writes or LSP-related lint diagnostics were incorrectly flagged. The fixes involve classifying or gating such mutations more accurately.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #25011. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #25011 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-25011`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #24927: Fix file mutation verifier false positive for diagnostic-bearing writes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#25011: salvage: batch 2 LSP-related fixes (#24738 lsp gating + #24929 mutation diagnostics false positive)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/display.py`, `agent/tool_guardrails.py`, `agent/tool_result_classification.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `run_agent.py`, `tests/agent/test_display.py`, `tests/agent/test_tool_guardrails.py`, `tests/agent/test_tool_result_classification.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_file_mutation_verifier.py`
- **#24929: fix: classify landed file mutations with diagnostics**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `da0ddbf88`, `#25011`
- **#24960: fix(agent): prevent mutation verifier false positives from lint diagnostics**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#24929`, `#25011`, `#24927`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #25011 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-13`.