# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Agent commit-splice bugs and code-skew handling

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs in the agent's commit-splice mechanism, including unsafe exits during code skew, an AttributeError requiring a circuit breaker, and an auto-updater issue that rewrites source files and breaks live sessions.

## 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.
- 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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-68215`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #68178: \[Bug\]: Auto-updater rewrites source under the live desktop backend - commit splice bricks the session (576 failures, 149 wasted API calls)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#68215: fix(agent): circuit-break commit-splice AttributeError and detect code skew**. merged to main
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/rich-editor.ts`, `run_agent.py`, `tests/test_agent_code_skew.py`
- **#68571: fix(agent): finalize code-skew exits safely**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `#68549`

## Fix status

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