# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows file permission handling in backup import

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #56923: \[Windows\] backup import test fails: os.chmod(..., 0o600) is a no-op on Windows
- PR #56946: fix(backup): guard os.chmod on Windows where it is a no-op
- PR #56949: fix: use Windows ACLs for credential file permissions in backup import (#56923)

These issues and PRs address the problem that os.chmod is a no-op on Windows, exploring guards and Windows ACL-based alternatives for setting credential file permissions during backup import.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #56923: \[Windows\] backup import test fails: os.chmod(..., 0o600) is a no-op on Windows

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#56946: fix(backup): guard os.chmod on Windows where it is a no-op**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#56949`, `#56923`, `#56946`
  - files: `hermes_cli/backup.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_backup.py`
- **#56949: fix: use Windows ACLs for credential file permissions in backup import (#56923)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#56946`, `#56923`, `#56949`
  - files: `hermes_cli/backup.py`

## Fix status

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