# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Expand variable references in terminal config fields

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #101659: Multiplexed gateway: config.yaml terminal.cwd ${VAR} references are not expanded in per-turn terminal scope
- PR #101674: fix(terminal): expand ${VAR} refs in profile config terminal keys

These items address a bug where ${VAR} references in terminal configuration fields (such as terminal.cwd and profile config terminal keys) are not expanded. Fixes and a bug report cover both the bridge and per-turn terminal scope contexts.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #101659: Multiplexed gateway: config.yaml terminal.cwd ${VAR} references are not expanded in per-turn terminal scope

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101674: fix(terminal): expand ${VAR} refs in profile config terminal keys**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#101659`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_terminal_scope_multiplex.py`, `tools/terminal_scope.py`
- **#101739: fix(config): expand ${VAR} references in terminal.cwd bridge**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#101674`

## Fix status

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