# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Stale runtime backup dirs not cleaned up after repair

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

After a successful managed-runtime repair, leftover venv.stale.runtime-* directories are not removed, accumulating significant disk usage. These members address detecting and cleaning up those stale backups.

## 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 #74490. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #74490 (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-74490`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #73109: Successful managed-runtime repair leaves venv.stale.runtime-* behind permanently (1.1 GB per repair)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#74490: fix(cli): reclaim stale venv.stale.runtime-* backups after runtime repair (salvages #73590)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/managed_uv.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_managed_uv.py`
- **#73590: fix(cli): remove venv.stale.runtime marker after successful managed runtime repair**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#74490`, `#73109`, `#72860`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #74490 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-30`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`