# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fresh install pre-update backup default value bug

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #94944: \[Bug\]: fresh installs are seeded with updates.pre_update_backup: false, which disables the #48200 wipe safety net
- PR #94954: fix(config): seed fresh installs with the documented pre-update backup default

A bug was identified where fresh installations are seeded with an incorrect default value for the pre-update backup setting, disabling a safety net. Related fixes address correcting the seeded default and updating the config template.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #94944: \[Bug\]: fresh installs are seeded with updates.pre_update_backup: false, which disables the #48200 wipe safety net

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#94954: fix(config): seed fresh installs with the documented pre-update backup default**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `ec697e14bb`, `b7d353fef1`, `#108021`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `tests/test_session_vacuum_config.py`
- **#94957: fix(install): ship pre_update_backup: quick in the config template (#94944)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#94954`

## Fix status

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