# NousResearch/hermes-agent · docker_env and config forwarding bugs in containers

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes concern Docker environment variables and related container configuration options being dropped or not forwarded correctly when containers are created through certain code paths. The work involves consolidating container configuration handling to ensure settings like docker_env, docker_network, and docker_extra_args are consistently applied.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #103660. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #103660 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #100019: docker_env is dropped when the container is created via the file-tools path

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#103660: fix(tools): backend-probe honours docker_network and execute_code sandboxes keep docker_extra_args/forward_env/env — one container_config shaper for every creator (#76906 #87995 #84027 #100019, salvage #62023)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/prompt_builder.py`, `contributors/emails/301893261+sagitario-jpn@users.noreply.github.com`, `tests/tools/test_docker_network_config.py`, `tools/code_execution_tool.py`
- **#100042: fix(file-tools): forward docker_env when creating the container**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `deaebd9b17`, `#100019`, `#84027`, `#103660`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #103660 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-05`.