# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bug fix: doubled profile path in system prompt hint

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug caused the profile path to be duplicated (profiles/<name>/profiles/<name>/) in the agent's system-prompt hint. The members describe the problem and a corresponding fix.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #86352. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86352 (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-86352`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #72894: Named-profile system prompt hint doubles the profile path (profiles/<name>/profiles/<name>/) and mislocates default-profile data

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86313: fix(agent): bot prompt leaks default profile's skills index + identity**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/prompt_builder.py`, `agent/system_prompt.py`, `tests/agent/test_bot_profile_prompt_isolation.py`
- **#86352: fix(agent): stop doubling the profile path in the system-prompt hint (#72894)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/system_prompt.py`, `tests/agent/test_system_prompt.py`
- **#74979: fix(agent): stop doubling the profile path in the system-prompt hint (#72894)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86352`, `#86313`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86352 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-14`.
- Subsystem: `agent`