# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix orphaned alias removal in profile command

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where \`profile alias --remove\` fails to remove alias wrappers when the associated profile no longer exists. The work focuses on allowing the removal command to handle these orphaned cases.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #137335. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #137335 (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-137335`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #90983: \[Bug\]: hermes profile alias --remove cannot remove orphaned wrapper (profile no longer exists)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#137335: fix(profile): alias --remove cleans up an orphan alias (#90983, salvage #112497)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/doctor_state.py`, `hermes_cli/profile_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_alias_orphan_removal.py`, `website/docs/reference/profile-commands.md`
- **#90987: fix(cli): let 'profile alias --remove' clear orphaned wrappers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#112497`
- **#112497: fix(profile): let \`profile alias --remove\` clean up an orphan alias**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `ff2d02f998`, `#137335`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #137335 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-12`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`