# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Memory directory permissions bug fix on Docker

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #66183: bug: memory_tool.py creates directories with 000 permissions on Docker
- PR #66197: fix(memory): keep memory dir/files owner-accessible under restrictive…
- PR #66232: fix(memory): ensure memory directories have 0o755 permissions on Docker

These issues and PRs address a bug where memory_tool.py creates directories with 000 (no access) permissions in Docker environments. The fixes enforce 0o755 permissions on memory directory creation and repair existing inaccessible directories.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #66183: bug: memory_tool.py creates directories with 000 permissions on Docker

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#66197: fix(memory): keep memory dir/files owner-accessible under restrictive…**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `79db2d340d21`, `#66183`, `#66197`, `#66208`, `#66232`, `#374151`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_memory_tool.py`, `tools/memory_tool.py`
- **#66208: fix(memory): force 0o755 on memory dir creation, repair 000 perms**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
- **#66232: fix(memory): ensure memory directories have 0o755 permissions on Docker**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `786008ca2b89`, `#66183`, `#66197`, `#66208`, `#66232`, `#374151`
  - files: `tools/memory_tool.py`

## Fix status

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