# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Docker sandbox directories not cleaned up after container reaping

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #44114: sandbox dirs under ~/.hermes/sandboxes/docker/ are never deleted
- PR #44142: fix(tools): delete a reaped docker container's sandbox dir to stop the disk leak

One issue reports that sandbox directories under ~/.hermes/sandboxes/docker/ are never deleted, and two pull requests propose deleting a reaped or orphaned container's sandbox directory to address the disk leak. The titles alone do not show whether the changes are merged or how they differ.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #44114: sandbox dirs under ~/.hermes/sandboxes/docker/ are never deleted

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#44144: fix(docker): clean up sandbox dirs when reaping orphan containers**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#44142`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#44142: fix(tools): delete a reaped docker container's sandbox dir to stop the disk leak**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_docker_environment.py`, `tools/environments/docker.py`

## Fix status

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