# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Install script git clone failing due to HTTP 429 throttling

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was reported where fresh installations abort because the git clone step receives HTTP 429 (rate-limited) responses. Two related fix attempts address retrying the HTTPS clone and degrading gracefully past repo-scoped 429 errors.

## 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 #99480. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99480 (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-99480`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #89624: \[Bug\]: Fresh install.sh aborts - git clone fails with HTTP 429 (packfile throttled for this repo)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99480: fix(install): retry the HTTPS clone and degrade past repo-scoped 429s (salvage #89629)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `scripts/install.sh`, `tests/test_install_clone_throttle_fallback.py`
- **#89629: fix(install): retry the HTTPS clone and degrade past repo-scoped 429s**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#99480`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99480 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-31`.
- Subsystem: `cron/scripts`