#Hermes command broken after update

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leonardo@fedora:~/Documents/screepipe$ hermes update
⚕ Updating Hermes Agent...

→ Fetching updates...
→ Local changes detected — stashing before update...
Saved working directory and index state On main: hermes-update-autostash-20260428-222206

⚠ Local changes were stashed before updating.
  Restoring them may reapply local customizations onto the updated codebase.
  Review the result afterward if Hermes behaves unexpectedly.
Restore local changes now? [Y/n]
Y
→ Restoring local changes...
⚠ Local changes were restored on top of the updated codebase.
  Review `git diff` / `git status` if Hermes behaves unexpectedly.
✓ Already up to date!
leonardo@fedora:~/Documents/screepipe$ hermes
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/leonardo/.local/bin/hermes", line 10, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ^^^^^^
  File "/home/leonardo/.hermes/hermes-agent/hermes_cli/main.py", line 10285, in main
    cmd_chat(args)
  File "/home/leonardo/.hermes/hermes-agent/hermes_cli/main.py", line 1276, in cmd_chat
    from cli import main as cli_main
  File "/home/leonardo/.hermes/hermes-agent/cli.py", line 653, in <module>
    CLI_CONFIG = load_cli_config()
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/leonardo/.hermes/hermes-agent/cli.py", line 538, in load_cli_config
    terminal_config["cwd"] = os.getcwd()
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
obtuse lynx
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This traceback usually means the shell you are running hermes from is sitting inside a directory that no longer exists.

The failing line is os.getcwd(), and Python only raises:

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

there when the current working directory has been deleted, moved, or the mount/path disappeared underneath the shell.

Try this first:

cd ~
hermes

or open a fresh terminal and run hermes from there.

If that works, the install is probably fine. Then check the directory you were in:

ls -ld ~/Documents/screepipe

If that path was removed or recreated while your shell was still inside the old inode, the prompt can still look like you are in ~/Documents/screepipe, but processes launched from there cannot resolve the current directory anymore.

If cd ~ && hermes still crashes, then please run:

cd ~/.hermes/hermes-agent
git status --short
hermes debug share

and send the output/log links. Since the updater restored a stash, it is also worth checking whether local changes were reapplied onto the updated codebase.

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