# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Verify write_file content persisted before reporting success

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #57788: write_file reports fabricated success/byte-count when post-write verification fails, defeating the file-mutation-landed check
- PR #23142: fix(file-operations): verify write_file persisted content before reporting success

One issue and two pull requests all concern write_file reporting success or a byte count even when post-write verification fails. The pull requests propose checking that written content actually landed before reporting success; their status and effectiveness are not established by the titles.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #57788: write_file reports fabricated success/byte-count when post-write verification fails, defeating the file-mutation-landed check

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#23142: fix(file-operations): verify write_file persisted content before reporting success**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_file_operations.py`, `tools/file_operations.py`
- **#57789: fix(file-ops): verify write_file content actually landed before reporting success**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#23142`, `#57788`, `#57789`

## Fix status

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