NousResearch/hermes-agent

venv corruption and recovery after lazy refresh failures

Cluster 57828 · hermes cli. Data as of 2026-10-28 11:56 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #69867 on 23 Jul 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address a bug where lazy backend refresh failures can corrupt the virtual environment, and propose self-healing recovery and dependency verification in the update process.

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#69867 fix(update): self-heal venv after failed lazy backend refresh (salvage #58004)

merged to main

files: hermes_cli/_early_recovery.py, hermes_cli/main.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_early_recovery.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_lazy_refresh_venv_repair.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_update_autostash.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_update_interrupted_recovery.py

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From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1

#58246 fix(update): verify core deps after lazy refresh failures · superseded by another PR → #69867, #57828

Closed issues · 1

Closed#57828[Bug]: Lazy backend refresh failures can corrupt venv, and update has no self-healing recovery

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Subsystem: hermes cli
Merged PRs: #69867
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 23 Jul 2026

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