# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skill and snapshot preservation on batch rollback failure

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address a bug where a batch rollback restore experiencing failure incorrectly deletes the skill and its snapshots. Multiple fix attempts aim to ensure skills and snapshots are retained when a rollback restore operation encounters errors.

## 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 #97924. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #97924 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #97714: \[Bug\]: a failed batch rollback restore deletes the skill and its snapshots

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#97924: fix(skills): a failed batch rollback never destroys the skill or its snapshots (salvage of #97715)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skill_manage_batch.py`, `tools/skill_manager_tool.py`
- **#97715: fix(skills): keep the skill and snapshots when a batch rollback restore fails**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `154fd10af0`, `#97924`, `#97748`
- **#97748: fix(skills): a failed batch rollback never destroys the skill or its snapshot (#97714)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#97924`, `#97715`, `#97714`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #97924 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-29`.