# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Add busy command API to block input during operations

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #10281: feat: add busy command API for plugins and extensions

These members introduce a 'busy command' mechanism that blocks user input while long-running operations execute, and apply it to compression workflows. The API is also exposed for use by plugins and extensions.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #15388. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #15388 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #10281: feat: add busy command API for plugins and extensions

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#15388: feat(cli): wrap /compress in _busy_command to block input during compression**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli.py`
- **#10288: feat: add busy command API and compressor info for context compression**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#10303: feat: add busy command to block input during long operations**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#15388`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #15388 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-04-24`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`