# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Docker network flag duplication causing container start failure

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where setting docker_network: false alongside a --network flag in docker_extra_args causes the --network flag to be emitted twice, resulting in every container failing to start with exit code 125. The fixes aim to skip the implicit --network=none when a network is already specified in extra args.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #103644. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #103644 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-103644`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #100248: \[Bug\]: docker_network: false plus any --network in docker_extra_args emits the flag twice — every container start fails with exit 125

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#103644: fix(docker): docker_network: false plus a --network flag in docker_extra_args no longer makes every container start fail (#100248, salvage #100256)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/tools/test_docker_network_config.py`, `tools/environments/docker.py`
- **#100256: fix(tools): reconcile docker_network with --network in docker_extra_args**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `d72cbbcf5a`, `#103644`
- **#100266: fix(docker): skip implicit --network=none when extra args set a network**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#100256`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #103644 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-05`.