# NousResearch/hermes-agent · container backend detection and cwd-override guard fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A new Apple Container backend was added for macOS terminals, alongside several fixes ensuring the cwd-override guard correctly identifies both built-in and plugin-registered container backends via a consistent helper function.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #103642. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #103642 (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-103642`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #101013: file_tools cwd-override guard uses _CONTAINER_BACKENDS while the same function uses _is_container_backend(), so plugin-registered container backends skip the guard

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#103642: fix(tools): file-tools env creation applies the container cwd guard to plugin container backends too (#101013, salvage #101389)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_file_tools_plugin_container_cwd.py`, `tools/file_tools.py`
- **#78035: feat(terminal): add native Apple Container backend for macOS**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#78035`, `#109529`, `#111972`, `#110390`, `#78035`, `#78035`, `#111972`, `#6867`, `#57127`, `#78035`, `#110390`, `#110390`, `#78035`
- **#101100: fix(file-tools): route the cwd-override guard through _is_container_backend**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
- **#101389: fix(tools): use _is_container_backend() in cwd-override guard (#101013)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `5035fbde1c`, `#103642`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #103642 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-05`.
- Subsystem: `environments`