# NousResearch/hermes-agent · FTS vtable corruption during optimize-storage demote

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #72716: \[Bug\]: optimize-storage can stamp empty FTS after interrupted demote (permanent search loss)
- PR #88696: fix(state): rebuild wrong-shaped FTS vtables before the optimize backfill

These items address a bug where an interrupted optimize-storage demote operation could leave full-text-search virtual tables in a wrong or empty state. The fixes cover both rebuilding malformed FTS vtables and preventing empty FTS from being stamped after an interrupted demote.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #72716: \[Bug\]: optimize-storage can stamp empty FTS after interrupted demote (permanent search loss)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#72717: fix(state): do not stamp empty FTS after interrupted optimize-storage demote**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#76832`
- **#88696: fix(state): rebuild wrong-shaped FTS vtables before the optimize backfill**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_state_search.py`, `tests/test_hermes_state.py`

## Fix status

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