# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Orphan reset risks losing HEAD; rescue ref proposed

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug report identifies that autostash or orphan-history resets can leave commits unreachable, and two related fixes propose backing up HEAD to a rescue reference before performing the reset.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #100155. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #100155 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-100155`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #87694: \[Bug\]: autostash produces orphan commit with full working tree snapshot — breaks all subsequent updates

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100155: fix(update): back up HEAD to a bounded rescue ref before orphan-history reset (salvage #87745)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_autostash.py`
- **#87745: fix(update): back up HEAD before reset on orphan-history divergence**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#100155`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #100155 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-01`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`