# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix skill sync skipping destination integrity checks

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #97791: skills: sync short-circuits on source hash, so destination drift is never detected (skills silently frozen)
- PR #97834: fix(skills): verify destination integrity before the unchanged-source skip

These items address a bug where skill synchronization short-circuits when the source hash matches the manifest, bypassing any verification of the destination's actual state. The fix ensures destination integrity is checked even when the source appears unchanged.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #97791: skills: sync short-circuits on source hash, so destination drift is never detected (skills silently frozen)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#97834: fix(skills): verify destination integrity before the unchanged-source skip**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#97834`, `#97791`, `#97840`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skills_sync.py`, `tools/skills_sync.py`
- **#97840: fix(skills): detect destination drift even when source hash matches manifest**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `8b5ec754f376`, `#97834`

## Fix status

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