# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI subcommand help printing twice bug

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug caused subcommand help text to be printed twice when using -h or similar flags. Multiple fixes and related CLI quality-of-life improvements were submitted addressing this issue.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #10230: \[Bug\]: subcommand's help document print twice

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#10580: fix(cli): avoid duplicate subcommand help output**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#10230`
- **#10204: fix(hermes-cli): prevent printing subcommand's help document twice**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.