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Runaway disk growth from unexcluded dirs in snapshots

Cluster 91449 · agent. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #101569 on 2 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A bug causes curator_backup snapshot_skills to recursively include .git and .curator_backups directories, leading to extreme disk usage and CPU hang on CLI startup. Two fixes address this by explicitly excluding those directories from skill snapshots.

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  • #101569 fix(curator): exclude .git (top-level and nested) from skill snapshots

    merged to main

    files: agent/curator_backup.py, tests/agent/test_curator_backup.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 2

  • #91458 fix(curator): exclude .git from skill snapshots to stop runaway growth · merged via another change → #91449, #91463, #101569
  • #91463 fix(agent): exclude .git and .curator_backups in curator snapshot_skills · merged via another change → #101569, #91458
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#91449Bug: curator_backup snapshot_skills recursively inflates .git + .curator_backups, causing 24GB disk usage and 100% CPU hang on CLI startup
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2 Sep 2026

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