# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Isolate managed uv toolchain from user environment

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #101269: \[Bug\]: Hermes' uv escapes its PM store, shadowing the user's own uv on Windows
- PR #124313: fix(pm): close the uv-isolation gaps left by the PM migration (#101269)

These issues and PRs address a problem where the managed uv/uvx installation interferes with or shadows the user's own uv installation. The work focuses on cross-platform isolation of the managed toolchain, including fixes for gaps remaining after a prior migration.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #101269: \[Bug\]: Hermes' uv escapes its PM store, shadowing the user's own uv on Windows

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101291: fix(uv): isolate managed uv/uvx toolchain from the user (cross-platform)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `afcb61a506e2a160f8913e3a296cb0b5bba63fd9`, `d205375a3a63c440fefc14e0a777700f24a8d12e`, `e8ab070e1e270f3bd6cc10e1a81d4635844bbbc6`, `db23c79bbeb945397e5ca5aca00bb2a834e51b31`, `4dac5f28af54001b899c9b6fc8ba81cb58da2f0e`, `#101269`, `#21457`, `#97634`, `#101291`
- **#124313: fix(pm): close the uv-isolation gaps left by the PM migration (#101269)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `fd114d4016d53129a1eca3de08ed63d758de3660`, `acc3cada0da86c81efc8aa6c5a291989549ca900`, `12a69e34f083396d984284d7b7158464a3129593`, `8da5421e7447`, `a343f961ab21`, `9638dfa7a3ff`, `dbb2618dad549`, `dce1e9b375`, `52118c16d0`
  - files: `.github/workflows/lint.yml`, `README.md`, `activate`, `activate.ps1`, `agent/runtime_self_protection.py`, `hermes_cli/_install_repair.py`, `hermes_cli/doctor.py`, `hermes_cli/doctor_state.py`, `hermes_cli/legacy_uv.py`, `hermes_cli/uninstall.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_maint.py`, `pm/store.py`, `scripts/_activation.sh`, `scripts/bootstrap/store_root.ps1`, `scripts/bootstrap/store_root.sh`, `scripts/bootstrap/uv_state_pins.ps1`, `scripts/check`, `scripts/gen-bootstrap-resolver.py`, `scripts/install.ps1`, `scripts/install.sh` (+38 more)

## Fix status

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