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Skills install rmtree wiping category directories bug

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 75983

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #76659. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #76659. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #76659. That is separate from the fix event.
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A bug where installing a skill could silently delete an entire existing category directory due to an unconditional rmtree call. Multiple fix attempts guard against this data-loss scenario.

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  • #76659 fix(skills): guard install rmtree against wiping category directories (#75983)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/skills_hub.py, tests/tools/test_skills_hub.py, tools/skills_hub.py

4 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: duplicate 2 · done elsewhere 1 · merged via another change 1

  • #76000 fix(tool/skills): 修复技能安装时静默删除类别目录导致数据丢失的问题 · merged via another change → 75e85ef, #76659
  • #76066 fix: guard rmtree in skills install against wiping category directories (#75983) · done elsewhere → #75983, #76659, #76000
  • #76266 fix(skills): prevent install from deleting category directories (#75983) · duplicate → #76066
  • #76302 fix(skills): guard install_from_quarantine against category bucket wipe (#75983) · duplicate → #76066
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#75983[Bug]: hermes skills install silently deletes an entire existing category directory when the skill name matches (unconditional rmtree, data loss)
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  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.33: the share of item 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.

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#76659
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4 PRs closed without merging
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2 Aug 2026

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