Cairn
NousResearch/hermes-agent

state.db journal mode warnings and configuration fixes

Cluster 89293 · agent. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #96439 on 27 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

The short answer

0open issues
0open PRs
3items grouped
Known?
Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
Fix event
A fix was merged to main in PR #96439. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
Tracker
The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #96439. That is separate from the fix event.
Still open
Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address silent or problematic handling of SQLite journal_mode settings in state.db, including a corruption scenario where journal_mode reverted to WAL unexpectedly. Changes add warnings and improve configurability around journal mode behavior.

Open issues0

No open issues.

Open PRs0

No open pull requests.

Fixes on record

Merged to main. A stamp counts the issues a fix is linked to.

  • #96439 state.db journal-mode choices are no longer silently ignored; synchronous is pinnable everywhere (salvage #85609, #89393, #90892)

    merged to main

    files: cli-config.yaml.example, hermes_state.py, tests/test_journal_mode_config.py, tests/test_journal_mode_upgrade_warning.py, tests/test_state_synchronous_pragma.py, website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #89393 fix(state): warn when an existing database's journal_mode is flipped to WAL · merged via another change → #96439, #85609, #89293, #90950
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#89293Repeated state.db corruption on busy single-host deployment (3 incidents in 8 days): lock storm + restart-in-window + journal_mode silently reverted to WAL after upgrade
How this cluster was grouped
  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item 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.

Pick up a Lab task

Check whether a fix covers the open issues here, with your own agent. Bring back evidence for maintainers.

Open the Lab

At a glance

Subsystem
agent
Merged PRs
#96439
Closed issues
1
Attempts
1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked
27 Aug 2026

For your agent

The same facts, typed.

cluster/89293.json
cluster/89293.md