# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skip redundant chown walks during Docker stage2 boot

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #62208: Boot chown still walks profiles/cron/logs even when ownership is already correct

The members concern Docker stage2 startup running chown over profiles, cron, and logs even when ownership may already be correct. Two are pull requests titled to skip redundant chown walks (one described as salvaging #62419), and one is an issue describing the behavior.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #76910. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #76910 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #62208: Boot chown still walks profiles/cron/logs even when ownership is already correct

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#76910: fix(docker): skip redundant stage2 chown walks (salvage #62419)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `docker/stage2-hook.sh`, `tests/tools/test_stage2_hook_symlink_chown.py`
- **#62419: fix(docker): skip redundant stage2 chown walks**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#76910`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #76910 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-02`.
- Subsystem: `environments`