# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Stale skills.sh index entry error messaging fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where installing a skill listed in the skills.sh index but no longer available produced a generic fetch failure error. These issues and PRs address surfacing a clearer, more specific error message for stale index entries.

## 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 #108906. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #108906 (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-108906`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #3259: \[Bug\]: skills.sh index contains non-existent skills - install fails with "Could not fetch"

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108906: fix(skills): install names a stale skills.sh index entry instead of a generic fetch failure (#3259, salvage #106901)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/skills_hub.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_skills_hub.py`
- **#3261: fix(skills): clear error message for stale skills.sh index entries**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `257a704d18d1`, `08bb58bd4a58`, `#108906`, `#106901`, `#3259`
- **#106901: fix(skills): name stale index entries instead of generic fetch failure**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `257a704d18d1`, `08bb58bd4a58`, `#108906`, `#3259`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #108906 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-12`.
- Subsystem: `skills`