# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Block sync_back writes into protected host directories

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These changes add safeguards to prevent sync_back operations from writing into host skill, config, or Hermes state directories. The fixes appear across both tools and remote-backend components.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #38026: fix(remote-backend): prevent sync_back writes into host skill dirs

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#38027: fix(remote-backend): prevent sync_back writes into host skill dirs**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `047e7cf36f0f3bbb3eb300be3e67915e18f1fbbc`, `1148502d47658bc464d114140f67ad89aab37630`, `#38026`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#38715: fix(tools): block sync_back writes into host skill/config dirs (#38026)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#56825: fix(tools): block sync_back writes into Hermes state**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `#38026`, `#38715`

## Fix status

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