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Pre-write syntax validation gate for JSON/YAML/TOML

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 60525

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #60710. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and PRs concern a bug where write_file() writes invalid JSON/YAML/TOML to disk before running its syntax check, reporting the write as successful. The proposed fix moves the syntax validation gate to before the disk write, rejecting invalid content upfront.

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  • #60710 fix(tools): fail-closed pre-write syntax gate for JSON/YAML/TOML (#60525)

    merged to main

    files: scripts/release.py, tests/tools/test_write_file_syntax_gate.py, tools/file_operations.py

9 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 4 · done elsewhere 2 · duplicate 1 · partial fix 1 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #60526 Fail closed on invalid JSON/YAML/TOML writes instead of writing then reporting · merged via another change → #60710
  • #60545 fix: reject invalid JSON/YAML/TOML before write, not after · merged via another change → #60710, #60525, #60526
  • #60565 fix(tools): reject invalid JSON/YAML/TOML before write, not after · superseded by another PR → #60526, #60525, #60545
  • #60599 fix(tools): fail-closed syntax gate for JSON/YAML/TOML writes (#60525) · done elsewhere → #60526, #60545, #60565
  • #60618 fix: gate JSON/YAML/TOML syntax check before disk write (#60525) · merged via another change → #60710, #60525, #60526
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  • #60629 fix(file-ops): pre-write syntax gate for JSON/YAML/TOML · merged via another change → #60710, #60525, #60526
  • #60689 fix: pre-write syntax gate for JSON/YAML/TOML in write_file · duplicate → #60526
  • #60692 fix(tools): fail closed on invalid JSON/YAML/TOML writes instead of writing then reporting (#60525) · done elsewhere → 2e1982f, 6695640
  • #60804 fix(tools): surface new syntax errors so write_file/patch don't report invalid writes as success · partial fix → #60710
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#60525write_file() commits to disk before its own JSON/YAML/TOML syntax check runs — invalid content is written and reported as successful
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9 PRs closed without merging
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8 Jul 2026

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