# NousResearch/hermes-agent · File-safety guards for sandbox-mirror and cross-profile state writes

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #35902: fix(file-safety): extend cross-profile guard to cover top-level profile state files

The three items appear related: a bug report about Docker terminal file tools writing to a sandbox-mirror copy of profile state such as SOUL.md, and two file-safety changes adding guards for per-task .hermes mirrors and top-level profile state files. Their titles do not indicate whether any of this is settled or closed.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #32213. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #32213 (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-32213`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #32049: \[Bug\]: Docker terminal backend lets file tools write to a sandbox-mirror copy of authoritative profile state (SOUL.md, etc.) — follow-up to #31290

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#32213: fix(file-safety): add sandbox-mirror soft guard for writes to per-task .hermes mirrors (#32049)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/file_safety.py`, `tests/agent/test_file_safety_sandbox_mirror.py`, `tools/file_tools.py`
- **#35902: fix(file-safety): extend cross-profile guard to cover top-level profile state files**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/file_safety.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #32213 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-02`.
- Subsystem: `agent`