# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Config migration skipped on certain update paths

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where config migration is not run when an update finds the checkout already current or retries an interrupted install, potentially leaving the system non-bootable. Multiple fix attempts address this gap in the update flow.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #95948. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #95948 (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-95948`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #91360: \[Bug\] hermes update can leave install non-bootable: config migration skipped on 'Already up to date' / interrupted-install retry path

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95948: fix(update): retried updates run config migration on every completion path (#91360, salvage #91367 + #91374)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/fred0m@users.noreply.github.com`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `scripts/desktop-update/posix.sh`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_config_migration_on_current.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_config_migration_on_current_checkout.py`
- **#91364: fix(update): migrate config on current-checkout retry**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#91374`, `#91360`
- **#91367: fix(update): check and apply config migrations on current checkout / retry paths — closes #91360**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `89f32fe4a50e`, `#95948`, `#91374`, `#91360`
- **#91374: fix(update): run config migration on the 'Already up to date' repair path (#91360)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `89f32fe4a50e`, `#95948`, `#91367`, `#86656`, `#91360`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #95948 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-27`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`