# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Full backup fails on non-SQLite .db files

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #75724: \[Bug\]: Full pre-update backup aborts when HERMES_HOME contains a non-SQLite .db file
- PR #75728: fix(backup): don't treat every .db file as SQLite in full backups

A bug where full pre-update backups abort when encountering .db files that are not SQLite databases, along with fixes to handle such files without treating them as SQLite or aborting the backup.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #75724: \[Bug\]: Full pre-update backup aborts when HERMES_HOME contains a non-SQLite .db file

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#75728: fix(backup): don't treat every .db file as SQLite in full backups**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#113589`
  - files: `hermes_cli/backup.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_backup.py`
- **#113589: fix(backup): don't abort full backup on non-SQLite .db files**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#75728`, `#75724`

## Fix status

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