# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Docker boot config migration fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where config migrations were not being run when a Docker container boots, and the associated fixes to address this behavior.

## 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 #36627. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #36627 (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-36627`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #35406: \[Bug\]: Docker image updates do not run config migration

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#35458: fix(config): run config migration on Docker container boot**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#35508`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#36627: fix(docker): run config migrations during container boot (salvage #35508)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `docker/stage2-hook.sh`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `scripts/docker_config_migrate.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config.py`, `tests/tools/test_docker_config_migrate.py`, `tests/tools/test_stage2_hook_puid_pgid.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/docker.md`
- **#35508: fix(docker): run config migrations during container boot (#35406)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `92a567db2`, `#36627`, `#35406`, `#35458`, `#36687`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #36627 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-04`.