# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Runaway disk growth from unexcluded dirs in snapshots

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## 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 #101569. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #101569 (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-101569`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #91449: Bug: curator_backup snapshot_skills recursively inflates .git + .curator_backups, causing 24GB disk usage and 100% CPU hang on CLI startup

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101569: fix(curator): exclude .git (top-level and nested) from skill snapshots**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/curator_backup.py`, `tests/agent/test_curator_backup.py`
- **#91458: fix(curator): exclude .git from skill snapshots to stop runaway growth**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#91449`, `#91463`, `#101569`
- **#91463: fix(agent): exclude .git and .curator_backups in curator snapshot_skills**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#101569`, `#91458`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #101569 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.
- Subsystem: `agent`