# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Stale skill cache entries after file deletion

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #8845: Skill list includes phantom entries — files don't exist on disk

These issues and PRs address a bug where deleted or pruned skill files continue to appear as phantom entries because the LRU cache is not properly invalidated or keyed to reflect the current state of the skills directory.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #8845: Skill list includes phantom entries — files don't exist on disk

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#8855: fix(skills): invalidate LRU cache when skill files are deleted**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#111013: fix(skills): fold skills-dir manifest fingerprint into prompt LRU cache key**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#92320`
- **#124243: fix(skills): drop snapshot entries for pruned SKILL.md files (#8845)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `0e2b67f084ca`

## Fix status

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