# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hermes profile name resolution via symlink overlays

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #93862: \[Bug\]: "Active Hermes profile" resolves to "default" when HERMES_HOME is a custom overlay directory (symlink farm into <root>/profiles/<name>)
- PR #101855: fix(agent): resolve profile name from symlink-farm overlay homes

A bug report and two related fixes address incorrect active profile detection when HERMES_HOME points to a symlink-farm overlay directory rather than a standard profile path. The work focuses on resolving the correct profile identity in the agent under this directory layout.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #93862: \[Bug\]: "Active Hermes profile" resolves to "default" when HERMES_HOME is a custom overlay directory (symlink farm into <root>/profiles/<name>)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93921: fix(agent): resolve profile identity for symlink-overlay HERMES_HOME dirs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#97165`, `#93862`, `#84867`
- **#101855: fix(agent): resolve profile name from symlink-farm overlay homes**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/file_safety.py`, `agent/system_prompt.py`, `tests/agent/test_overlay_profile_name.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`