# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows root deletion safety bug and fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #82842: Agent executed rd /s /q against the drive root (C:\\) after a scoped, user-approved folder deletion
- PR #82932: fix(terminal): stop scoped Windows deletes from wiping drive roots

A bug where a scoped, approved folder deletion escalated into a destructive command targeting the drive root (C:\\), plus two corresponding fix approaches addressing terminal-level scoping and command tokenization safety checks.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #82842: Agent executed rd /s /q against the drive root (C:\\) after a scoped, user-approved folder deletion

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#82932: fix(terminal): stop scoped Windows deletes from wiping drive roots**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_hardline_blocklist.py`, `tools/approval.py`
- **#82954: fix(safety): refuse destructive commands targeting filesystem roots via tokenization + span overlap**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `volume_quota`; implication `active`; refs `#82932`

## Fix status

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