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feat(checkpoints): auto-prune orphan and stale shadow repos at startup (#16303)
Every working dir hermes ever touches gets its own shadow git repo under
~/.hermes/checkpoints/{sha256(abs_dir)[:16]}/.  The per-repo _prune is a
no-op (comment in CheckpointManager._prune says so), so abandoned repos
from deleted/moved projects or one-off tmp dirs pile up forever.  Field
reports put the typical offender at 1000+ repos / ~12 GB on active
contributor machines.

Adds an opt-in startup sweep that mirrors the sessions.auto_prune
pattern from #13861 / #16286:

- tools/checkpoint_manager.py: new prune_checkpoints() and
  maybe_auto_prune_checkpoints() helpers.  Deletes shadow repos that
  are orphan (HERMES_WORKDIR marker points to a path that no longer
  exists) or stale (newest in-repo mtime older than retention_days).
  Idempotent via a CHECKPOINT_BASE/.last_prune marker file so it only
  runs once per min_interval_hours regardless of how many hermes
  processes start up.
- hermes_cli/config.py: new checkpoints.auto_prune /
  retention_days / delete_orphans / min_interval_hours knobs.
  Default auto_prune: false so users who rely on /rollback against
  long-ago sessions never lose data silently.
- cli.py / gateway/run.py: startup hooks gated on checkpoints.auto_prune,
  called right next to the existing state.db maintenance block.
- Docs updated with the new config knobs.
- 11 regression tests: orphan/stale deletion, precedence, byte-freed
  tracking, non-shadow dir skip, interval gating, corrupt marker
  recovery.

Refs #3015 (session-file disk growth was fixed in #16286; this covers
the checkpoint side noted out-of-scope there).
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developer-guide fix(agent): preserve Codex message items for replay 2026-04-25 18:22:06 -07:00
getting-started docs: add PR review guides, rework quickstart, slim down installation 2026-04-19 05:30:50 -07:00
guides feat(hooks): add duration_ms to post_tool_call + transform_tool_result (#15429) 2026-04-25 22:13:12 -07:00
integrations feat(copilot): add 401 auth recovery with automatic token refresh and client rebuild 2026-04-24 05:09:08 -07:00
reference feat(skills/airtable): tailor skill to Hermes idioms + expand cookbook 2026-04-26 18:45:15 -07:00
user-guide feat(checkpoints): auto-prune orphan and stale shadow repos at startup (#16303) 2026-04-26 19:05:52 -07:00
index.md fix(docs): show sidebar on docs homepage 2026-04-16 04:24:45 -07:00