# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix checkpoint dir tracking after incomplete snapshots

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #38891: \[Bug\]: Checkpoint dirs may be polluted if the snapshot creation failed.
- PR #38961: fix(checkpoint): only record dir in _checkpointed_dirs after successful snapshot

A bug was identified where checkpoint directories could be incorrectly recorded in \`_checkpointed_dirs\` even when snapshot creation did not complete successfully. The fix ensures directories are only added to that tracking structure after a confirmed successful snapshot.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #38891: \[Bug\]: Checkpoint dirs may be polluted if the snapshot creation failed.

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#38897: fix(checkpoint): only record dir in _checkpointed_dirs after successful snapshot**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#38961`
- **#38961: fix(checkpoint): only record dir in _checkpointed_dirs after successful snapshot**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_checkpoint_manager.py`, `tools/checkpoint_manager.py`

## Fix status

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