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Skills lock content_hash causing false update_available

Cluster 41176 · skills. Data as of

3 open items. Fix attempted, not merged.

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1open issue
2open PRs
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Known?
Yes. 6 related items grouped here, 0 issues already closed.
Fix event
No fix has been merged to main. 3 PRs closed without merging; see the attempts below.
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Still open
1 issue and 2 PRs.

Multiple bug reports and fix attempts addressing how skills lock files compute or store content hashes, which causes perpetual false 'update_available' signals. Fixes involve bundle_content_hash usage, stable prefix path handling, and consistent sort ordering.

Open issues1

  • Issue#41176[Bug]: hermes skills update doesn't refresh lock content_hash, causing permanent false 'update_available'

Open PRs2

  • PR#41199fix(skills): use bundle_content_hash in lock to prevent perpetual update_available
  • PR#53448fix(skills): sort content_hash by relative posix string, not Path objects (#53404)

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: duplicate 2 · other 1

  • #41204 fix(skills): refresh lock content_hash after update to prevent false 'update_available' (#41176) · duplicate → #41199
  • #41333 fix(skills): use bundle_content_hash in lock to fix false update_available (#41176) · other → 9dbad19, 9ec2a47, a51c739
  • #55629 fix(skills): keep lock hashes stable for prefix paths · duplicate → #53448, #53877, #53404
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