Skill install fails when skills dir is symlinked
Cluster 86971. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #86989 on 16 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #86989. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #86989. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
These issues and PRs address a bug where skill installation or updates fail when the skills directory is a symlink or junction point, particularly on Windows. A fix involves resolving the skills directory path before performing relative path operations.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#86989 fix(skills): resolve skills dir before relative_to so junction installs work (#86971)
files:
hermes_cli/skills_hub.py,tests/tools/test_skill_bundle_provenance.py,tools/skills_hub.py
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: duplicate 1
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#86984 Fix skills install paths under symlinked skills roots · duplicate →
#64954
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#86971Skill install/update fails when skills/ directory is a symlink or junction (Windows)
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- Merged PRs
- #86989
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 1 PR closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 16 Aug 2026