# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI in-place transform reprints redundant output

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #102203: CLI re-prints the entire streamed response when transform_llm_output makes in-place edits (punctuation normalization)
- PR #102481: fix(cli,plugins): suppress streaming only for MUTATING transform_llm_output hooks, re-checked per token (#102203)

These issues and fixes address a bug where in-place CLI transforms (such as punctuation normalization) cause the full streamed response to be reprinted instead of only the changed suffix. The fix limits output to the divergent tail.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #102203: CLI re-prints the entire streamed response when transform_llm_output makes in-place edits (punctuation normalization)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#102216: fix(cli): in-place transform after streaming prints only the divergent suffix**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#102481`, `#102203`
- **#102218: fix(cli): print only the diverged tail for in-place transform edits**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#102216`
- **#102481: fix(cli,plugins): suppress streaming only for MUTATING transform_llm_output hooks, re-checked per token (#102203)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/cli_agent_setup_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/plugin_validate.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_dispatch.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_hooks.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_ledger.py`, `plugins/memory/__init__.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_hook_mutates_metadata.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_transform_stream_buffered_102203.py`

## Fix status

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