hermes-agent/website/docs/getting-started
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fix(update): consolidate pre-update backups into one gated mechanism (#65754)
hermes update ran TWO separate pre-update backup mechanisms: the
config-gated full zip (updates.pre_update_backup, default off) and an
unconditional quick state snapshot added for #15733 that ignored the
user's setting entirely. On a large state.db (observed: 24 GB) the
'cheap' snapshot silently added ~60s to every update and ate 24 GB of
disk in state-snapshots/.

Now there is ONE mechanism, gated by updates.pre_update_backup with
three modes:

- quick (new default): state snapshot of critical small files (pairing
  JSONs, cron jobs, config, auth, per-profile DBs). Files over 1 GiB
  are skipped with a warning so a bloated state.db can never stall the
  update again.
- full: the quick snapshot plus the HERMES_HOME zip (old 'true'
  behavior; --backup forces it for one run).
- off: nothing runs — an explicit opt-out now disables the quick
  snapshot too (--no-backup does the same per-run).

Legacy booleans are honored: true -> full, false -> off.

_run_pre_update_backup() now returns the quick-snapshot id so the
post-update cron-jobs restore safety net (#34600) keeps working; the
snapshot moved from the post-fetch site to the pre-mutation site,
which also covers the zip-fallback update path it previously missed.
2026-07-16 08:47:25 -07:00
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_category_.json feat: add documentation website (Docusaurus) 2026-03-05 05:24:55 -08:00
installation.md feat(config): add get and unset commands 2026-07-16 05:44:43 -07:00
learning-path.md docs: Plugins subcategory under Extending + secret-source plugin guide + 1Password sidebar fix (#59613) 2026-07-06 12:11:31 -07:00
nix-setup.md feat(docs): clarify termux/nix as t2 platforoms 2026-06-26 11:37:56 -07:00
platform-support.md feat(docs): clarify platform support 2026-06-26 11:37:56 -07:00
quickstart.md fix(providers): align Fireworks integration with project policy 2026-07-11 05:43:35 -07:00
termux.md feat(docs): clarify termux/nix as t2 platforoms 2026-06-26 11:37:56 -07:00
updating.md fix(update): consolidate pre-update backups into one gated mechanism (#65754) 2026-07-16 08:47:25 -07:00