# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Background process workdir not forwarded to execution

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #100036: fix(terminal): run background commands in their requested workdir

These items address a bug where the computed working directory is stored but not forwarded when spawning background processes or terminal commands. The fixes ensure the correct \`cwd\` is actually passed through to execution.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #100020: background=true ignores workdir; the resolved cwd is stored but never used for execution

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100036: fix(terminal): run background commands in their requested workdir**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_process_registry.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`
- **#100045: fix(process-registry): pass the resolved cwd to env.execute in spawn_via_env**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#100036`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `environments`