# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skills lock content_hash causing false update_available

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #41176: \[Bug\]: hermes skills update doesn't refresh lock content_hash, causing permanent false 'update_available'
- PR #41199: fix(skills): use bundle_content_hash in lock to prevent perpetual update_available
- PR #53448: fix(skills): sort content_hash by relative posix string, not Path objects (#53404)

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.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

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

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#41333: fix(skills): use bundle_content_hash in lock to fix false update_available (#41176)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `9dbad1990`, `9ec2a470f`, `a51c7397b`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#41199: fix(skills): use bundle_content_hash in lock to prevent perpetual update_available**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skills_hub.py`, `tools/skills_hub.py`
- **#41204: fix(skills): refresh lock content_hash after update to prevent false 'update_available' (#41176)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#41199`
- **#53448: fix(skills): sort content_hash by relative posix string, not Path objects (#53404)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_pr_6656_regressions.py`, `tools/skills_guard.py`
- **#55629: fix(skills): keep lock hashes stable for prefix paths**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#53448`, `#53877`, `#53404`

## Fix status

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