# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Prevent stale write_file from clobbering external edits

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a risk where write_file operations based on outdated conversation context could overwrite changes made externally. The work involves detecting and refusing such stale overwrites before any disk mutation occurs.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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 #91238. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #91238 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-91238`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #65604: write_file can clobber external edits from stale conversation context

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#91238: fix(file-tools): stale write_file overwrites are refused before disk mutation (#65604, salvage #65605)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_cross_profile_guard.py`, `tests/tools/test_file_read_guards.py`, `tests/tools/test_file_staleness.py`, `tests/tools/test_file_state_registry.py`, `tests/tools/test_line_ending_preservation.py`, `tests/tools/test_write_file_rewrite_hint.py`, `tests/tools/test_write_verification.py`, `tools/file_state.py`, `tools/file_tools.py`, `tools/file_tools_read_tracking.py`, `tools/file_tools_write_guards.py`, `website/docs/reference/tools-reference.md`
- **#65605: fix: block stale write_file overwrites**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#91238`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #91238 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.
- Subsystem: `agent`