# NousResearch/hermes-agent · node-compile-cache breaks checkpoint snapshots

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #78888: \[Bug\]: checkpoint git add -A aborts on root-owned node-compile-cache — affected dirs get zero checkpoints
- PR #78929: fix(tools): exclude node-compile-cache from checkpoint snapshots
- PR #78944: fix(checkpoint): one unreadable path no longer costs the whole snapshot (#78888)

A root-owned node-compile-cache directory causes checkpoint snapshot aborts. Related fixes address excluding it from snapshots and preventing a single unreadable path from failing the entire snapshot.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #78888: \[Bug\]: checkpoint git add -A aborts on root-owned node-compile-cache — affected dirs get zero checkpoints

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#78929: fix(tools): exclude node-compile-cache from checkpoint snapshots**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `contributors/emails/StanleyStetson@users.noreply.github.com`, `tests/tools/test_checkpoint_manager.py`, `tools/checkpoint_manager.py`
- **#78944: fix(checkpoint): one unreadable path no longer costs the whole snapshot (#78888)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#78929`, `#78888`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/tools/test_checkpoint_manager.py`, `tools/checkpoint_manager.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/checkpoints-and-rollback.md`
- **#95115: fix(checkpoints): unreadable files no longer disable checkpointing**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#78944`

## Fix status

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