# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix false success when SQLite stays vulnerable after update

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the update process incorrectly reports success even when the underlying SQLite version remains below the required threshold. A related issue notes that on systems with a locked-down system SQLite, only a venv rebuild can actually resolve the vulnerability.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #99715. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99715 (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-99715`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #95772: hermes update cannot fix WAL-reset risk on Ubuntu 26.04 (system SQLite stuck < 3.51.3) — venv rebuild on uv CPython 3.13 does

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99715: fix(update): stop reporting success when SQLite remains vulnerable (salvage #95801)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cmd_update.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_desktop_stale_warning.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_sqlite_remediation.py`
- **#95801: fix(update): stop reporting success when SQLite remains vulnerable**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#99715`, `#90906`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99715 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-31`.