NousResearch/hermes-agent

FTS rebuild write path corruption and data loss

Cluster 78182. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #82719 on 9 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items concern a scenario where a corrupt state.db causes FTS rebuilds to falsely report success, leading to silent data loss as the pending queue rotates transcripts away. The group covers the problem report and related fixes addressing write path verification and handling of pending-cap overflow.

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  • #82719 fix(state): keep canonical writes available when FTS is corrupt (#78182)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_state.py, hermes_state_common.py, hermes_state_schema.py, hermes_state_search.py, tests/state/test_fts_runtime_rebuild.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1

  • #78323 fix(state): verify FTS rebuild write path; spool pending-cap overflow · superseded by another PR → #82719, #84785
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#78182Gateway writes through a corrupt state.db indefinitely: one-shot FTS rebuild reports success without verifying the write path, then the 200-cap pending queue silently rotates transcripts away
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  • Pairwise link density 0.67: 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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#82719
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9 Aug 2026

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