# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Handle inaccessible paths in git root detection

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #85758: \[Bug\]: PermissionError in _find_git_root() crashes system prompt building for gateway-mode agents

These items address a bug where permission errors encountered while walking directories to find a git root cause crashes during system prompt construction. Fixes add tolerance for inaccessible paths in that lookup.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #85758: \[Bug\]: PermissionError in _find_git_root() crashes system prompt building for gateway-mode agents

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#85870: fix(prompt): tolerate inaccessible git roots (#85758)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#8801`
- **#87255: fix(agent): skip inaccessible paths in git-root prompt walk**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#85758`

## Fix status

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