NousResearch/hermes-agent

corrupt state.db causing dashboard and server failures

Cluster 96591. Data as of 2026-10-30 11:57 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #108130 on 11 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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Known?: Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
Fix event: A fix was merged to main in PR #108130. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These items address scenarios where a damaged or malformed state.db (including FTS index corruption) causes cascading problems: unthrottled error storms in the web server, broken dashboard reads, and turn failures. Work spans defensive read handling, repair/recovery tooling, and incident-shaped fixes.

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#108130 state.db FTS damage no longer kills turns; doctor/repair/recover handle real incident shapes (#97794, #88587, #100227, #103840, #106667, #102240, #98050, #103647, #96591, #105887; salvage #97843 #88604 #56824 #91413 #102808 #103657 #106890 #103321)

merged to main

files: agent/turn_explainers.py, contributors/emails/[email protected], contributors/emails/[redacted:email], contributors/emails/[redacted:email], contributors/emails/[redacted:email], gateway/run_notifications.py, hermes_cli/console_engine.py, hermes_cli/doctor_state.py, hermes_cli/session_lost_and_found.py, hermes_cli/session_recovery.py, hermes_cli/sessions_cmd.py, hermes_cli/web_routers/_common.py, hermes_cli/web_routers/analytics.py, hermes_cli/web_server_sessions.py, hermes_constants.py, hermes_state_errors.py, hermes_state_fts.py, hermes_state_repair.py, hermes_state_schema.py, hermes_state_search.py (+12 more)

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From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1

#96605 fix(dashboard): back off corrupt usage database reads · superseded by another PR → #96591, #108130

Closed issues · 1

Closed#96591web_server _get_usage: malformed state.db causes unthrottled traceback storm (520K journal entries/24h)

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Merged PRs: #108130
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 11 Sep 2026

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