# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cross-profile TERMINAL_* env leak and session loading

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Most members address a cross-profile environment variable leak where TERMINAL_* settings from one routed profile bleed into the shared process environment during multi-profile serve. One unrelated member concerns guaranteeing initial session load on app mount.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 5 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #103625. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #103625 (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-103625`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.29`: 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

- #102769: Cross-profile TERMINAL_* leak in multi-profile serve: cron tick pins a routed profile's docker backend into os.environ, hijacking the launch profile's sessions

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#103625: fix(env): multi-profile serve no longer leaks a routed profile's terminal backend into the shared process env (#102769, salvage #97014)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/env_loader.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_terminal_bridge_profile_scope.py`
- **#102392: fix(desktop): guarantee initial session load on app mount (#101843)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#101843`, `#102769`, `#125530`, `#101843`
- **#102800: fix(env): prevent cross-profile TERMINAL_* leak in multi-profile serve (#102769)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
- **#102932: fix(env): prevent cross-profile TERMINAL_* leak in multi-profile serve (#102769)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#102800`
- **#103512: fix: Cross-profile TERMINAL_* leak in multi-profile serve: cron tick pins a routed profile's docker backend into os.environ, hijacking the launch profile's sessions (#102769)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `2e24e06e55`, `#102769`, `#103625`, `#97014`
- **#103672: fix(env): prevent cross-profile TERMINAL_* leak in multi-profile serve (#102769)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#103625`, `#103625`, `#102800`, `#102932`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #103625 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-05`.