# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Update receipt lost during stale module purge

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where an active update receipt is incorrectly discarded when stale modules are purged during an update handoff. The work focuses on keeping in-flight receipts alive across the purge step.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #103478. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #103478 (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-103478`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #98436: \[Bug\]\[Windows\] hermes update hand-off child silently loses its update receipt after the catch-up module purge — console end state also looks hung

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#103478: fix(update): fleet check no longer fails with "no rows" after stopping unmapped/dashboard-only runtimes; receipts survive the module purge (#97332, #98436, salvage #97350 #92934)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_fleet.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_maint.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_fleet_check_fail_closed.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_fleet_probe_resume_token.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_stale_module_purge.py`
- **#92934: fix(update): preserve active receipt across module purge**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `f58fcc8118`, `#103478`, `#98436`
- **#98449: fix(update): keep the in-flight update receipt module alive across the stale purge**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#92934`, `#98436`
- **#98454: fix(update): protect hermes_cli.update_receipt from the stale-module purge (#98436)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `f58fcc8118`, `#103478`, `#92934`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #103478 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-05`.